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Thread: The evidence for strong emergence in chemistry
Post: RE: The evidence for strong emergence in chemistry
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-09, 11:18 AM)
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My point is that it's an ontological assumption that all chemical properties follow from physical properties. This assumption underlies the reductionist approach ...
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Thread: The evidence for strong emergence in chemistry
Post: RE: The evidence for strong emergence in chemistry
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-09, 11:18 AM)
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My point is that it's an ontological assumption that all chemical properties follow from physical properties. This assumption underlies the reductionist approach ...
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Thread: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)
Post: RE: Death Anxiety (but not what u think)
| When I very first got into PSI related topics, NDEs whatever, I had horrible panic-disorders in regards to my mortality. A growing pain I guess that hits everyone differently and since I was very inte...
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Thread: Idealism Discord server
Post: RE: Idealism Discord server
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LotusFlower Wrote: (2024-02-04, 03:43 AM)
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Okay so I've been recruiting for this server on Reddit, but eventually had to delete my account there. We had a recent wild experience in the server a mon...
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Thread: Materialist philosopher admits that there are no rational reason to be a materialist
Post: Materialist philosopher admits that there are no r...
| Here is an paper I found by a materialist philosopher that admits that there are no rational reason to be a materialist.
https://www.newdualism.org/papers/W.Lycan/Du.htm (https://www.newdualism.org...
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Thread: Dualism versus (neutral) monism, consciousness, quantum mechanics [Night Shift split]
Post: RE: Night Shift: The Brain’s Extraordinary Work Wh...
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sbu Wrote: (2024-02-03, 07:21 PM)
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Wait, this isn't correct. The author compiled 125 cases retrospectively, which is different from conducting a prospective investigational study in a hospital sett...
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Thread: A plausible reason for the dearth of non-Western NDEs?
Post: RE: A plausible reason for the dearth of non-Weste...
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Smaw Wrote: (2024-01-02, 01:48 PM)
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Physicalism is not a useless endeavor and has revealed the universe to be wild, random, uncaring place with potentially no grand narrator at its core given purpo...
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Thread: Close to proof of extra-physical consciousness during NDE?
Post: Close to proof of extra-physical consciousness dur...
| In another thread (https://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-michael-nahm), I had occasion to review Michael Nahm's excellent runner-up prize winning essay in the Bigelow contest, and discovered an obscu...
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Thread: New article is blaming NDEs on gamma waves again
Post: RE: New article is blaming NDEs on gamma waves aga...
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2023-12-16, 03:35 PM)
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The relevant bit:
This is about rat brains, but beyond that for me this doesn't seem like a big deal. We've always known the brain is deteriorated b...
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Thread: Strange dream experience from this morning
Post: RE: Strange dream experience from this morning
| Dreams or also hypnagogic and hypnopompic experiences are always interesting, thanks for sharing.
As someone who used to work for years with screens of green code on a black screen I have to say it...
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Thread: Strange dream experience from this morning
Post: RE: Strange dream experience from this morning
| Thanks for sharing Lotus.
It is my understanding that hypnagogic imagery could be responsible for these experiences on some occasions.
I've had similar many times before though not what you describ...
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Thread: A new subreddit for non-physicalists: r/IrreducibleMind
Post: RE: A new subreddit for non-physicalists: r/Irredu...
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Thread: NDE Multimedia Resource Thread
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Typoz Wrote: (2023-12-02, 03:38 PM)
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That's interesting. I'd not heard about the French and Blackmore involvement. If there an article to read anywhere please?
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There's an article in which Frenc...
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Thread: Near death experience - did he really mean that?
Post: RE: Near death experience - did he really mean tha...
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sbu Wrote: (2023-11-21, 01:28 PM)
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I'm still not convinced anyone seriolusly hopes for "annihilation". It must be a way to mentally come to terms with the prospect supported by the materialist/panp...
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Thread: I forgot to introduce myself
Post: RE: I forgot to introduce myself
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Thread: Greetings
Post: RE: Greetings
| What a beautiful introduction. Thanks for that; its made my proverbial morning!
Welcome aboard.
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Thread: Greetings
Post: RE: Greetings
| Welcome. I look forward to hearing more from you.
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Thread: Greetings
Post: Greetings
| Hello friends,
I am a long-time lurker (since Skeptiko was in it's prime, so for more years than I'd like to count) and I have spent a significant amount of my time studying a lot of the subjects t...
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Thread: Near death experience - did he really mean that?
Post: RE: Near death experience - did he really mean tha...
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sbu Wrote: (2023-11-20, 04:39 PM)
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Thanks for acknowledging my understanding. I just never before read about someone non-suicidal hoping for annihilation. I find it disturbing to be honest.
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Thread: Near death experience - did he really mean that?
Post: RE: Near death experience - did he really mean tha...
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sbu Wrote: (2023-11-20, 03:33 PM)
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How do you native english speakers understand the bolded line. Does he really hope for his own annihalation? Or does he mean he hope death will not be the end of ...
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