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Thread: Thoughts on survival
Post: RE: Thoughts on survival
| What does survival mean? The core observer "I" is the nucleus of existence. What am I in this life though? I would call that what the I observer is able to currently access in this now point (a growin...
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Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
| Hey all, been on hiatus for a while. As such, have had quite a bit of personal and all kinds of development.
Regarding this topic, here are my current thoughts on the subject.
Let's start with t...
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Thread: Do you believe in God?
Post: RE: Do you believe in God?
| Back from a long hiatus, might have a good post inc. soon.
God is a loaded term, To the average, say, American where I live, it would invoke the judeo-christian god and all concomittant beliefs / b...
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Thread: Too crazy to be useful
Post: RE: Too crazy to be useful
| It's always a good read Mediochre. If you must stop posting for whatever reason, that is your call. I see it as useful, and maybe you could inform someone else, perhaps a lurker. Either way, here's ho...
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Thread: The Good Place
Post: RE: The Good Place
| So first of all, I agree with malf on the usage of the term God. At least here in the USA, using that term will conjure images of the typical judeochristian god in most people’s minds so it’s easier t...
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Thread: An Ode to Skepticism: Elder Gods of the Gaps
Post: RE: An Ode to Skepticism: Elder Gods of the Gaps
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Brian Wrote: (2018-09-21, 11:32 AM)
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That seems to describe many internet skeptics and their equally stubborn opposition very adequately indeed!
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That’s pretty much it, Brian.
Here’s a me...
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Thread: Youtube ~ The Lost City of Atlantis - Hidden in Plain Sight
Post: RE: Youtube ~ The Lost City of Atlantis - Hidden i...
| Atlantis as something does seem viable.. Not sure if it would be the Edgar Cayce version (with high technology and all that), but there is evidence for the end of a mini ice age around 9700 BC. See th...
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Thread: When the self slips: Individuals living with depersonalisation disorder bring vivid
Post: RE: When the self slips: Individuals living with ...
| Hi diverdown,
Alright, here goes. A little backstory, because it sounds like I may have encountered some aspects similar to your experience.
When I was around 10 or so, I started to become less ...
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Thread: Are we the few who care about alternative viewpoints?
Post: RE: Are we the few who care about alternative view...
| Thanks for the great discussion.
What prompted me to make this thread was a combination of a couple of items.
One, this forum seems to mesh most closely with what I would want in a site that di...
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Thread: Are we the few who care about alternative viewpoints?
Post: Are we the few who care about alternative viewpoin...
| I would think that there are many people out there who share similar views to those on this site, but where are they?
Is this really close to 'it', as far as those English-speaking people who are i...
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Thread: When the self slips: Individuals living with depersonalisation disorder bring vivid
Post: RE: When the self slips: Individuals living with ...
| Its been a good read hearing about your experiences in this thread. I had a similar occurrence, following a severe vitamin deficiency during my undergrad years. It seemed my peak 'consciousness' was a...
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Thread: The Diet That Might Cure Depression?
Post: RE: The Diet That Might Cure Depression?
| Alright, so I have yet another diet. I probably have a better understanding of biochemistry than a lay person (around 10 years in bio related fields), but I am not a physician.
My personal avoid as m...
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Thread: The Skeptiko forum and us
Post: RE: The Skeptiko forum and us
| Love it here. Wish I had more time to contribute but real life is pretty intense as is. Feel like there's a real opportunity for growth of alternative ideas.
It seems threads will arise that catch on...
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Thread: Keith Augustine interview
Post: RE: Keith Augustine interview
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Kamarling Wrote: (2018-04-02, 05:00 AM)
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I assume the goal of the internet skeptic (although, I venture to suggest that Max has different motives) is to find and exploit a perceived weakness in ord...
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Thread: Keith Augustine interview
Post: RE: Keith Augustine interview
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Max_B Wrote: (2018-04-02, 12:45 AM)
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Yeah, but we don’t know when Pam was put into burst suppression. And in the absence of any hard data (concrete facts?) there is good reason to suspect burst sup...
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Thread: Correlation vs Causation
Post: RE: Correlation vs Causation
| Back on target, to the orignal quote
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Thus for instance, ‘correlation is not causation’ is countered by the observation that the effects of other organs – the kidney’s role in filteri...
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Thread: Correlation vs Causation
Post: RE: Correlation vs Causation
| And, don’t believe this has been posted yet.
http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations (http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations)
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Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
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Steve001 Wrote: (2018-01-24, 12:52 PM)
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Consider this as much as you give thought to the questions above that there is no intelligent agent involved. Is that too abhorrent?
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The answer to that ...
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Thread: Interesting comments by Bruce Greyson
Post: RE: Interesting comments by Bruce Greyson
| Read a book recently, that discussed how reincarnation may be nonlinear. One way that this could be interpreted: when someone dies, they essentially become information that can be used in a future car...
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Thread: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
Post: RE: Darwin Unhinged: The Bugs in Evolution
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E. Flowers Wrote: (2018-01-24, 03:04 AM)
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I can see that this is a thing that is close to your heart, and not being particular interested in this futile back-and-forth, I will just let you be conte...
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