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Life is NOT a Journey


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    1 Replies

Typoz, 2023-10-02, 10:48 AM

What I term spirituality is simply about being, I recall many years ago writing (to myself) with great emotional conviction, simply, "I'm here!".

Perhaps this short excerpt from Alan Watts expresses some of what I meant.

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm-umEpx_3k]Life is NOT a Jou

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Nima Arkani-Hamed et al - 2023


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    4 Replies

Max_B, 2023-10-01, 10:32 PM

Finally... the first of a series of papers has been published on aiXrv on the 27th September 2023... mark my words, this is history in the making folks!... these are marvelously simple new ideas that I've been following since 2020... there is still a long way to go, but from all I've read and

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Hypnotism - Debate UK Parliament Hansard 1952 & 1994


Psi research forum (ESP and psychokinesis)    2 Replies

Max_B, 2023-10-01, 08:01 PM

A debate about Hypnotism in the UK Parliament during 1952 to pass the Hypnotism Bill. Makes interesting reading...

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In commending the Bill to the House I should like to read one of the many letters which I have received from people who have suffered from these stage demonstrations. This i

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In defense of Integrated Information Theory (IIT)


Consciousness science forum    19 Replies

Sci, 2023-09-30, 06:07 PM

In defense of Integrated Information Theory (IIT)

B.Kastrup

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In what may come as a surprise to many, our Executive Director highlights the careful, scientifically laudable metaphysica

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Entropy is in the eye of the beholder


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    5 Replies

Sci, 2023-09-27, 01:03 PM

Entropy is in the eye of the beholder

Gabriel Proulx

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Entropy is linked to the computational bounds of conscious experience, rather than being a property of objective systems, argues Dr. Proulx

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Anesthesia induced burst suppression in humans - V1 is excluded


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    6 Replies

Max_B, 2023-09-25, 08:49 PM

We've discussed anesthesia-induced burst suppression many times to do with NDE/OBE's, probably most notably with regards to Pam Reynolds NDE. But more generally with regards to general anesthesia in patients on the hospital operating table, who go into cardiac arrest, and sometimes later recall visu

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From Meth To Netflix


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2023-09-24, 07:00 PM



Quote:I hope this helps. Know that everyone struggles and everyone has a story. You never know what someone went through or is going through. Have Grace



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Parnia to the "dark side"?


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    39 Replies

nbtruthman, 2023-09-22, 03:54 PM

It looks like Dr. Sam Parnia has gone over to the "dark side" so to speak, in his latest remarks regarding his AWARE II most significant results, where under verified clinical conditions a certain small percentage of flatlined cardiac arrest patients were found to later report transcendental and eve

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Fine-tuning points towards a cosmic purpose


Consciousness science forum    1 Replies

Sci, 2023-09-18, 06:09 PM

Fine-tuning points towards a cosmic purpose

Phillip Goff

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[i]Once ridiculed, panpsychism – the idea that all matter has some degree of consciousness – has gone mainstream. Philip Goff, one

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Why did no one ever win the Randi Million Dollar Challenge?


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Wanderer, 2023-09-17, 07:28 PM

Why did no one ever win the Randi Million Dollar Challenge? I have read several critical articles and blog posts about the challenge, and the psi-encyclopedia article about it, but I have not found any real reason for why no one ever won.
Here are some of the articles and blog posts:
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