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    Thread: Indridi Indridason's contact with Emil Jensen
Post: RE: Indridi Indridason's contact with Emil Jensen

@"Max_B"#81  If you have sources and information for your claims about Indridi as a medium and the Emil Jensen case then I strongly advise you to contact the editors of the Psi Encyclopedia and pre...
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    Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Merle Wrote: (2023-06-30, 08:06 PM) -- Before my grandmother had a stroke, she would interact with people and remember it. After her stroke, she would interact with people, and not remember it happen...
Posted by Sam in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-06-30, 10:30 PM
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    Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Merle Wrote: (2023-06-30, 10:33 AM) -- So I find this study interesting, but the small observed affect does nothing to overthrow all of neuroscience, which finds that the mind is dependent on the bra...
Posted by Sam in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-06-30, 09:53 PM
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    Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Merle Wrote: (2023-06-28, 12:06 PM) -- And do you also need people to stop making claims about the Loch Ness Monster before you acknowledge the evidence indicates it is not real? Do you also need ...
Posted by Sam in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-06-28, 01:39 PM
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    Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-06-27, 11:12 PM) -- As noted above by Sam Harris in End of Faith, reincarnation research hasn't been completely negative. I would agree, however, that there has been n...
Posted by Sam in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-06-28, 01:17 PM
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    Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Merle Wrote: (2023-06-26, 10:06 AM) -- Interesting link. My information comes from How Not to Do Survival Research: Reflections on the Bigelow Institute Essay Competition (https://philpapers.org/r...
Posted by Sam in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-06-26, 06:47 PM
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    Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Merle Wrote: (2023-06-25, 07:29 PM) -- Again, multiple controlled studies confirm the conclusion that there is no significant finding for survival above that which is expected by chance. -- Please ...
Posted by Sam in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-06-25, 07:42 PM
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    Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Merle Wrote: (2023-06-25, 01:40 PM) -- Science looks to controlled studies, not occasional anecdotes, to establish scientific truths. Claims of survival have been studied many times in controlled stu...
Posted by Sam in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-06-25, 04:59 PM
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    Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Merle Wrote: (2023-06-23, 11:18 AM) -- Again, this is my point: The activities of the mind require the brain. If the brain is destroyed, then, as far as we know, anything that would be left that had ...
Posted by Sam in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-06-24, 04:03 PM
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    Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Merle Wrote: (2023-06-20, 10:49 AM) -- Uh, can you please quote back the place where I said that unconscious matter magically gives rise to conscious experiences?  -- Yes: Quote: -- I think that ...
Posted by Sam in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-06-20, 02:45 PM
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    Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Merle Wrote: (2023-06-19, 11:15 AM) -- I think that the awareness is generated by the brain as a whole. What do you think generates your awareness? Magic? If not magic, how does the thing that you t...
Posted by Sam in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-06-19, 09:45 PM
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    Thread: Opinion’s on Keith Augustine?
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-06-19, 05:48 PM) -- While I think it would be *better* if Stevenson had communicated this information, I'm not sure this would tip the scales much either way. People woul...
Posted by Sam in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-06-19, 06:14 PM
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    Thread: Opinion’s on Keith Augustine?
Post: RE: Opinion’s on Keith Augustine?

Keith Augustine is controversial, to put it mildly. I have mixed feelings with regard to his recent statement claiming that survivalists make arguments similar to those made by creationist crackpot...
Posted by Sam in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-06-19, 05:21 PM
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    Thread: Old Souls by Tom Shroder
Post: RE: Old Souls by Tom Shroder

Ninshub Wrote: (2023-06-17, 01:54 AM) -- Maybe this will be the beginning of the Psience Quest book club . -- You might be right about that Ninshub.  ;) A few days before you made this comment I wa...
Posted by Sam in Reincarnation , 2023-06-18, 01:23 AM
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    Thread: NDE Multimedia Resource Thread
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This seems to be yet another veridical NDE/OBE which incidentally (with regards to the last post made by tim) also comes from Spain and is related by Dr. Miguel Angel Pertierra Quesada, an otolaryngol...
Posted by Sam in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2023-06-16, 01:38 AM
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    Thread: Old Souls by Tom Shroder
Post: RE: Old Souls by Tom Shroder

Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-06-14, 05:55 PM) -- I do plan to try and provide links to as many cases as possible, ideally Psi Encyclopedia has them! -- I have not read Shroder's book, but I do know ...
Posted by Sam in Reincarnation , 2023-06-14, 07:31 PM
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    Thread: New video collaboration that I made
Post: RE: New video collaboration that I made

Laird Wrote: (2023-06-11, 03:50 PM) -- I don't have a problem with your having fought snark with snark, and overall I thought it was a good response video. I like that you explicitly identified, numb...
Posted by Sam in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-06-11, 05:05 PM
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    Thread: New video collaboration that I made
Post: RE: New video collaboration that I made

Brian Wrote: (2023-06-11, 11:12 AM) -- Your own description put me right off!  "Hatchet job piece" "I took some pot shots at her"   Clearly you are not interested in facts, only getting one up on som...
Posted by Sam in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-06-11, 01:05 PM
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    Thread: New video collaboration that I made
Post: New video collaboration that I made

Hello Psiencequest. Last year, Rebecca Watson, a member of the sceptic community and the protegé of Steven Novella made a video attempting to debunk near-death experiences with old recycled argumen...
Posted by Sam in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-06-10, 02:19 PM
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    Thread: Is the Filter Theory committing the ad hoc fallacy and is it unfalsifiable?
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Merle Wrote: (2023-05-22, 10:29 PM) -- A sudden rush of lucidity after death--if it is a verified thing--could be similar to a rush of strength when the adrenaline flows. -- Kindly explain how woul...
Posted by Sam in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2023-05-24, 03:59 PM
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