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Reality is the tapestry of perception


Philosophy of mind forum    2 Replies

Sci, 2024-05-26, 10:47 AM

Reality is the tapestry of perception

Dr. Helen Yetter-Chappell

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The materialist worldview robs reality of its colour, temperature, smell, leaving us with a picture that

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What happens to consciousness when clocks stop?


Consciousness science forum    No Replies

sbu, 2024-05-26, 08:00 AM

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Hans Busstra sat down with Bernard Carr and Bernardo Kastrup to discuss all presentations given at our ‘Time and Mind’ conference and elaborate further on their own ideas. For instance, both Carr and Kastrup agree that, if you take an idealist perspective, you need multiple time dimension

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Yet more corroborative statements on UFOs from credible military figures


UFO/UAP forum    11 Replies

nbtruthman, 2024-05-23, 04:57 PM

In the news: yet other authoritative, experienced and expert figures in the military are making corroborative statements on the reality of UFOs. Skeptics will scoff, but they have yet to explain how there can be so much smoke without a correspondingly great fire.

Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet now corr

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The Ancient Greeks Who Converted to Buddhism


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2024-05-22, 05:20 PM



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[color=#131313]Greece is very far away from the heartland of early Buddhism in India and parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. But thanks to Alexander the Great, Hellenistic and Buddhist cultures came into contact in t

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Evolutionary Causation of NDE proposed


Near-death experience (NDE) forum    4 Replies

Bill37, 2024-05-22, 02:00 AM

Terrible Summary and misleading but posting it because of the ridiculous notion that NDE’s are evolutionary for survival , akin to helping us “play” or “appear” dead.

Becuz coming back pist off that one has returned and being more altruistic and compassionate is really in alignment with survival

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Artificial intelligence research may have hit a dead end


Consciousness science forum    10 Replies

Sci, 2024-05-21, 07:37 PM

Artificial intelligence research may have hit a dead end (from 2021, so possibly out of date?)

Thomas Nail

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Furthermore, the cause and pattern of neuron firing are subject to wh

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Serious scientific interest in UFOs/UAPs


UFO/UAP forum    7 Replies

nbtruthman, 2024-05-20, 05:21 PM

It appears that some elements of the scientific establishment, in response to the continual good to high quality sightings going back many years plus all the controversies concerning them, are now taking the phenomenon quite seriously, enough to find funding for and conduct seriously thorough scient

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How Women Are Helping Their Neighbors Heal From Depression


Consciousness science forum    4 Replies

Sci, 2024-05-18, 10:38 PM

How Women Are Helping Their Neighbors Heal From Depression

Quote:In places with few mental health professionals, volunteer-led group therapy sends positive ripples through families and communities.

By:

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Elon Musk: I don't see any evidence of aliens.


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    23 Replies

sbu, 2024-05-18, 08:58 PM

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Musk elaborated on why he doesn't believe aliens have visited our planet, stating that, even with the thousands of broadband spacecraft that SpaceX operates in low Earth orbit, he hasn't once seen any compelling evidence of either extraterrestrial life or any potential craft operated by n

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The Long Trajectory


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    7 Replies

David001, 2024-05-18, 08:57 PM

I recently picked up a copy of "The Long Trajectory" by Dr Eric Weiss.

This doesn't seem to have been discussed much here (though SCI makes a brief reference to it), and it really does seem interesting. It explains Whitehead's argument in a more congenial way and he claims to extend it to include

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