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    Thread: African grey parrots are smart enough to help a bird in need
Post: RE: African grey parrots are smart enough to help ...

Mediochre Wrote: (2020-01-12, 04:34 PM) -- The claim that only they, humans and orangutans are capable of doing this is hilarious when you consider the sheer amount of cases of dogs and cats saving o...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in General Consciousness Science , 2020-01-12, 10:30 PM
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    Thread: Consciousness during CPR
Post: RE: Consciousness during CPR

There isn’t a problem with Van Lommel et. al.’s study, per se. They were clear on the criteria they used to classify the experiences. It’s just important to understand that they classified the experie...
Posted by fls in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2019-12-29, 04:50 AM
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    Thread: Consciousness during CPR
Post: RE: Consciousness during CPR

Something raff might like... or not :    Comprendo quanto dici ed è credo un sentimento più che giustificato. Non ho più i genitori a conferma ma sinceramente non ho mai pensato a questo come un ev...
Posted by tim in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2019-12-28, 05:52 PM
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    Thread: Consciousness during CPR
Post: RE: Consciousness during CPR

This needs to be tossed in. Quote: -- What our brain does after death https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-what-our-brain-does-after-death?pid=18015#pid18015 --
Posted by Steve001 in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2019-12-21, 01:22 AM
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    Thread: Latest from Dr Sam Parnia
Post: RE: Latest from Dr Sam Parnia

Raf999 Wrote: (2019-10-26, 10:35 PM) -- I suppose there will be no hits. The implications would be too big, and it would change our world forever, possibly collapsing our entire society. If there ...
Posted by nbtruthman in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2019-10-27, 05:17 PM
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    Thread: NDE Video Testimonies
Post: NDE Video Testimonies

I have recently launched a website comprising mainly of video testimonies from those like myself who have had NDEs and would very much like to hear from others who have had NDEs and would like to shar...
Posted by nde-studies in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2019-09-18, 05:27 PM
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    Thread: NDE as "genetic" proposal, I find it weird.
Post: RE: NDE as "genetic" proposal, I find it weird.

Raf999 Wrote: (2019-09-05, 10:18 AM) -- Hi all, I've found a link to this study (or better yet hypothesis), the writer seems to propose genetical and evolutionary factors for the NDE phenomenon. ...
Posted by nbtruthman in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2019-09-05, 04:08 PM
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    Thread: Dallas Officer Describes Spiritual Brush With Afterlife
Post: RE: Dallas Officer Describes Spiritual Brush With ...

I'd say we need to look at all the NDEs - the spiritually transformative ones as well as the veridical-content ones together as a whole. While there are some NDE accounts which I personally would mist...
Posted by Typoz in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2019-08-22, 08:43 AM
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    Thread: Dallas Officer Describes Spiritual Brush With Afterlife
Post: RE: Dallas Officer Describes Spiritual Brush With ...

Raf999 Wrote: (2019-08-21, 03:13 PM) -- interesting, transformative NDEs seem to be rather common. Sadly, this experience lacks both some form of verifiable OBE or ECG/EEG monitoring, making it easi...
Posted by nbtruthman in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2019-08-21, 07:20 PM
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    Thread: Cryptographic proof of survival
Post: RE: Cryptographic proof of survival

sbu Wrote: (2019-08-21, 06:35 AM) -- Yes I share your believes. There’s just too many issues with mediumship. The same could be said with NDEs they also never bring any information back they couldn’t...
Posted by Typoz in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2019-08-21, 08:00 AM
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    Thread: How Language [maybe] Shapes Our Perception of Reality
Post: How Language [maybe] Shapes Our Perception of Real...

The many subtle differences across languages might actually change the way we experience the world. (https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-language-shapes-our-perception-of-reality?utm_source=pocket-...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in General Consciousness Science , 2019-08-20, 08:54 PM
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    Thread: Brain Damage Saved His Music
Post: RE: Brain Damage Saved His Music

Raf999 Wrote: (2019-08-03, 03:30 PM) -- Complete dualism is impossible to consider seriously. Whatever consciousness is, it either stored, produced or filtered by the brain. Whatever the case, if ...
Posted by nbtruthman in General Consciousness Science , 2019-08-09, 08:53 PM
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    Thread: Brain Damage Saved His Music
Post: RE: Brain Damage Saved His Music

Yes I agree - complete dualism is not compatible with the evidence. This idea that the brain ‘filters’ consciousness is also tremendously vague. What exactly is the signal? Which information does it c...
Posted by sbu in General Consciousness Science , 2019-08-03, 05:44 PM
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    Thread: NDE Multimedia Resource Thread
Post: RE: NDE Multimedia Resource Thread

Will Wrote: (2019-08-03, 02:26 AM) -- Wouldn't any publication open to frontier/fringe topics inevitably be so? -- No, I don't think there's any reason in principle why the quality of research in u...
Posted by Chris in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2019-08-03, 07:23 AM
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    Thread: NDE Text Resources Thread
Post: RE: NDE Text Resources Thread

Courtesy of the SPR Facebook page, here's a new review article on NDEs: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11910-019-0983-2 Semiology and Mechanisms of Near-Death Experiences Costanza Peinkho...
Posted by Chris in Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) , 2019-08-02, 07:30 AM
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    Thread: How to Survive a Lightning Strike
Post: RE: How to Survive a Lightning Strike

sbu Wrote: (2019-07-29, 02:04 PM) -- PSTD does also cause changes to the fMRI readouts, but all it probably tells us it that fMRI is a pseudo science. -- Care to explain why?
Posted by Steve001 in General Consciousness Science , 2019-07-29, 02:26 PM
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    Thread: The “ideal ineptitude” of supposed ETs in UFO and alien abduction phenomena
Post: RE: The “ideal ineptitude” of supposed ETs in UFO ...

Raf999 Wrote: (2019-07-24, 04:19 PM) -- Who is this Michael Prescott? -- Michael Prescott (born 1960) is a contemporary American, New York Times bestselling writer of crime fiction (Wiki). He is a ...
Posted by nbtruthman in UFOs (and Related) , 2019-07-25, 06:16 PM
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    Thread: How to Survive a Lightning Strike
Post: RE: How to Survive a Lightning Strike

The answer to the question is this. When thunder roars go in doors.
Posted by Steve001 in General Consciousness Science , 2019-07-25, 11:17 AM
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    Thread: Mirror-touch synaesthesia
Post: RE: Mirror-touch synaesthesia

Raf999 Wrote: (2019-07-24, 03:25 PM) -- Really interesting, considering that psychology today isn't focused on psi effects and the likes. -- Well, Psychology Today does seem to have quite an eclect...
Posted by Chris in Other Phenomena , 2019-07-24, 04:21 PM
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    Thread: Is there any value in rationality?
Post: RE: Is there any value in rationality?

Raf999 Wrote: (2019-07-24, 10:57 AM) -- Rationality is what got the human race so far into discovery of the world. Science is rational. Even parapsychology is based on rationality, just researchin...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Philosophical Discussions , 2019-07-24, 01:57 PM
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