I am a long-time lurker (since Skeptiko was in it's prime, so for more years than I'd like to count) and I have spent a significant amount of my time studying a lot of the subjects that are discussed here daily. I have read many of the books that a lot of you have recommended (Irre
In another forum a poster brought my attention to an older NDE from a time there was less public awareness about the phenomena. Here's the link:
[url=https://www.philosopher.eu/others-writings/a-j-ayer-what-i-saw-when-i-was-dead/]A. J. Ayer – ‘What I Saw When I Was Dead’ | Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughe
I visited the Skeptiko forum and realised that Alex has deleted one of the subforums, "Consciousness and Science", either by accident or by purpose. I used to lurk on Skeptiko until Psiencequest started, and has been a lurker on Psiencequest since its start, until I got an account here this summer.
Quote:The turning point in Helin's life happened when she was 24 years old. The actress had a bad cycling accident that changed the course of her life. Helin was cycling in Stockholm when something broke and she flew off the bike. The actress broke her jaw.
I'm struck by the obliviousness being demonstrated by the news media with regard to this topic, which for its potential impact on humanity dwarfs all the immediate frantic goings on and turmoils that presently obsess our population. Just a very small minority follow the UFO/UAP news. For the very mo
A frequent atheist/materialist argument I see against fine tuning is the “puddle analogy” where a sentient puddle believes the pothole is made for it. This highlights issues with that.
https://discord.gg/DzAFFWyv
meant for discussing the works of Dr Bernardo Kastrup and Analytical Idealism.
Also off topic but I've been seeing someone named Valmar discussing things on r/consciousness. Don't know if that's our Valmar.
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