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Rules update: new policy (#10) and its immediate implementation


Feedback and announcements    92 Replies

Laird, 2025-12-02, 05:14 AM

A new policy has been added to our forum rules and guidelines:

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10. Perpetrators of serious harms and their supporters are unwelcome here.

They will be removed if/when discovered.


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Denis Noble: “Neo-Darwinism is dead”


Connected science forum (evolution, ID, cosmology, fine-tuning, quantum mechanics)    No Replies

Sci, 2025-12-01, 12:49 AM



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Professor of Biology Denis Noble, best known for creating the first mathematical model of a beating cardiac cell, proposes a profound shift in how we understand life. In this conversation with Hans Busstra, he challenges

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Events and conferences (general parapsychology)


General parapsychology    No Replies

Laird, 2025-11-30, 06:25 AM

This is a thread for sharing (especially upcoming) events and conferences.

I'm seeding it with the call for abstracts for the 44th annual SSE conference.

June 17–21, 2026
Denver Marriott Westminster Hotel
Westminster, C

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In the News (General Survival Research)


General survival research    1 Replies

Laird, 2025-11-30, 06:18 AM

This is a general thread for sharing news articles related to general survival research.

I'm seeding it with this article:

[url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-14/edge-of-life-documentary-amazon-shaman-psychedelic-therapy/105995588]Australian artist Lynette Wallworth travels to the Amazon

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Physicist proposes radical new theory of consciousness


Consciousness science forum    5 Replies

Raimo, 2025-11-26, 07:30 PM

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...ience.html

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A physicist has proposed a radical new theory of consciousness – an

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Sheldrake: What Happens When You Treat the World as Alive?


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    1 Replies

Sci, 2025-11-23, 06:59 PM



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What if gratitude isn't just good manners, but measurably changes your wellbeing? What if the medieval Christians were right about nature being alive, and we've spent the last 400 years getting it fundamentally wrong? And

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When reality is not out there: Making sense of quantum weirdness


Philosophy of mind forum    No Replies

Sci, 2025-11-22, 10:02 PM

When reality is not out there: Making sense of quantum weirdness

Prof. Arash E. Zaghi, PhD, PE, SE

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The familiar quantum probabilities are not arbitrary. They express

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The Scientist Saint Who Discovered Deep Time


Skeptic vs. proponent discussion    3 Replies

Sci, 2025-11-18, 06:25 AM

The Scientist Saint Who Discovered Deep Time

Dr. Joshua M. Moritz

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Once upon a time, scientists believed that the planet Earth was eternal. This was quite an ancient view, descending from an honorable phi

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Hallowe’en and Our Fascination With the Dead


Spirituality and magic forum: science and practice    No Replies

Sci, 2025-11-18, 06:22 AM

Hallowe’en and Our Fascination With the Dead

Lewis Coyne

[quote]...The interest Hallowe’en holds for us, in both its ancient and modern forms, is clearly driven by the deep-seated human fascination with – and revulsi

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What Really Happens in a Coma?


Consciousness science forum    No Replies

Typoz, 2025-11-14, 07:33 PM

Most likely this should be posted in the Near-Death Experience section of the forum.
However, the focus is on coma accounts and I'm not sure whether it should or should not be grouped there.

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCi9CkxT3L0]What Really Happens in a Coma? Comparing Comas and NDEs

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