For years, I've viewed functional neuroimaging (fMRI) studies as akin to modern phrenology. I've also noticed that the hype and frequency of 'sensational' findings from these studies seem to have diminished compared to 10 years ago.
After being inspired by Michael Nahm's 'insights' based on Adria
In another thread (https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-michael-nahm), I had occasion to review Michael Nahm's excellent runner-up prize winning essay in the Bigelow contest, and discovered an obscure veridical NDE case that seems unique.
It turns out that for at least one veridical NDE there is
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ABSTRACT: Philosophers often argue, "Unless P, X is mysterious; therefore, P" or "The theory that P solves the problem of X; therefore, P." But their arguments are commonly v
Mainly a resource thread of Video's and Papers on Nima Arkani-Hamed and Friends new theory over the last 5 years...
General introduction
[quote]20th June 2008. The union of quantum mechanics and gravity strongly suggests that spacetime as a basic concept is doomed, and there are related indica
Ian (pinging you as @Ninshub), here's my promised albeit very belated response to your posts earlier in the thread [url=https://psiencequest.net/forums/thre
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[color=#131313]Thoth was among the most complex and mysterious gods of the ancient Egyptian world. His origins lost to time, he would become the deity of writing, heka (magic), the moon and fate. He would aid in the resu
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Who counts as a person? The severely mentally challenged? The elderly person at the end of Alzheimer’s? The unborn? On what basis do we decide this critical question? How do we know that we have a soul? Hasn’t science decided that all of
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