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Thread: Some speculation
Post: RE: Some speculation
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Laird Wrote: (2022-09-04, 06:07 PM)
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Though your sentiments are understandable, I'd recommend reading the article in full. Here are some quotes from further down (you might not find them convincing...
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Thread: Some speculation
Post: RE: Some speculation
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Ninshub Wrote: (2022-09-04, 03:14 PM)
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I haven't read all the Stevenson books, and the other researchers. Does the research actually point to some retaining of a level of "education"? If so, could ...
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Thread: Podcasts, anyone?
Post: RE: Podcasts, anyone?
| That’s really useful. Not sure how I missed that! Thank you.
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Thread: Skeptiko forums other than its show forum to be closed [split from: Happy fourth board anniversary]
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diverdown Wrote: (2021-09-13, 12:18 PM)
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I had to LOL at the 9/11 thread that recently had opened up, because I guess with the forums effectively shutting down very soon, people are scrambling in a...
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Thread: Pim van Lommel's Essentia Foundation statement on NDEs & cardiac arrest
Post: RE: Pim van Lommel's Essentia Foundation statement...
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letseat Wrote: (2021-07-25, 12:39 PM)
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What happened to Aware II? I thought it had concluded in 2017 but there's nothing published on it..
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As far as I know, AWARE II is still ongoing.
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Thread: Mega-Thread: Contrary and Confusing Claims about Parnia, Greyson and more?
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2021-01-16, 12:22 AM)
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I thought you had no tolerance for cheap insults & derogatory comments? :Wink:
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I treat everyone with complete respect = treat those as they would...
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Thread: Mega-Thread: Contrary and Confusing Claims about Parnia, Greyson and more?
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2021-01-15, 11:24 PM)
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Yeah I'm aware of your Reddit account, Laird verified you were the same person when I suggested you be limited to Skeptical Discussion or just banned....
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Thread: Mega-Thread: Contrary and Confusing Claims about Parnia, Greyson and more?
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2021-01-15, 10:36 PM)
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Those comments from Unexplained Mysteries are from 2018 (https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/316898-atheists-is-there-life-after-death/p...
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Thread: What Magic Is This?: Journeying with Wren Collier
Post: What Magic Is This?: Journeying with Wren Collier
| What Magic Is This?: Journeying with Wren Collier (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/10/08/journeying-with-wren-collier/)
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Something available to each and every one of us is a capacity...
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Thread: Thanks to Sci
Post: Thanks to Sci
| Just a quick thanks to Sci for their continued dedication to bringing so many interesting and eclectic resources into the forum every single day. It does not go unnoticed.
Thanks!
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Thread: How does Peer Review work?
Post: RE: How does Peer Review work?
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letseat Wrote: (2020-07-25, 05:31 AM)
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In short, it's inconsistent, based on undeserved trust, open to bias, slow and expensive as well as open to abuse by plagiarists and others who want to silenc...
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Thread: Humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit their worldview
Post: RE: Humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don...
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letseat Wrote: (2020-02-06, 06:10 PM)
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No, altruism is not currently well understood in psychology, even the article admits this. Furthermore the article provides an untested theory as an answer wh...
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Thread: Humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit their worldview
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letseat Wrote: (2020-02-03, 07:30 AM)
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How do you explain altruistic acts within animals such as the one mentioned in this article? https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/goodness-sake/201610/anim...
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Thread: Julie Beischel in Gwyneth Paltrow’s New Netflix Show
Post: RE: Julie Beischel in Gwyneth Paltrow’s New Netfli...
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letseat Wrote: (2020-01-31, 11:15 AM)
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Would you mind summarizing some of the criticisms?
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Some criticisms were discussed in this thread:
https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-a-sceptical-cri...
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Thread: Julie Beischel in Gwyneth Paltrow’s New Netflix Show
Post: RE: Julie Beischel in Gwyneth Paltrow’s New Netfli...
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letseat Wrote: (2020-01-31, 11:15 AM)
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Would you mind summarizing some of the criticisms?
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The one criticism I mainly remember has to do with the medium knowing the name of the person they are ...
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Thread: Seeing blindfolded
Post: RE: Seeing blindfolded
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letseat Wrote: (2020-01-09, 09:58 AM)
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In the dojo video I believe they said they were on the fourth week of a course, so probably not a few hours or at least it takes a while to become good at it....
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Thread: Seeing blindfolded
Post: RE: Seeing blindfolded
| I think it's worth having some annotations with respect to the videos that Psiclops posted in his opening post in the thread on Skeptiko, and even reposting them (embedded) here. I have watched all of...
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Thread: Seeing blindfolded
Post: RE: Seeing blindfolded
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Laird Wrote: (2020-01-09, 09:20 AM)
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But not all of the teachers in those videos did claim that. Certainly not of adults.
Well, even for phenomena which everybody does know about by now, and f...
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Thread: Seeing blindfolded
Post: RE: Seeing blindfolded
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, letseat Wrote: (2020-01-09, 08:03 AM)
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I think you overestimate how much attention scientists pay towards this sort of thing, and also how little interest there is generally in these communities ...
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Thread: Seeing blindfolded
Post: RE: Seeing blindfolded
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Chris Wrote: (2020-01-08, 07:31 PM)
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It has been covered by Brian Dunning's Skeptoid podcast. Dunning concluded that the training method was a scam, and that the blindfolded reading by the children...
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