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Jim_Smith Wrote: (Yesterday, 04:38 AM) -- I am wondering if there is a way to get a list of threads sorted by the date the thread was created. -- Yes. When using the Roundo theme, the board's ho...
Posted by Laird in Forum Questions, Suggestions and Announcements , Yesterday, 08:19 AM
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    Thread: AI megathread
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There appear to be some new and very unhealthy trends in LLM AI systems. Derived from https://futurism.com/internet-horrified-app-cloning-family-members :  Quote: -- "...bizarre new app call...
Posted by nbtruthman in Other Topics , 2024-05-02, 03:19 PM
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    Thread: Forum/wiki software upgrades
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Forum software upgraded from MyBB 1.8.37 to security and maintenance release MyBB 1.8.38 (https://blog.mybb.com/2024/04/30/mybb-1-8-38-released-security-maintenance-release/).
Posted by Laird in Forum Questions, Suggestions and Announcements , 2024-05-01, 12:47 AM
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    Thread: What If Science Took The Paranormal Seriously? : The Super Humanities
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vMPISrMyvQ Quote: -- Essentia Foundation’s Hans Busstra interviews Prof. Jeffrey Kripal, PhD, who holds the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Th...
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    Thread: The UFO/UAP coverup continues
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Laird Wrote: (2024-04-28, 04:02 PM) -- If it's not prying, can you describe what prompted your sudden switch to realism? -- I think the lack of any real progress made me lose hope. In many ways, ...
Posted by sbu in UFOs (and Related) , 2024-04-28, 08:29 PM
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    Thread: The UFO/UAP coverup continues
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-28, 01:10 PM) -- Okay, I will apologize for labeling your motivation as 'hope.' -- Thanks, and apology accepted. sbu Wrote: (2024-04-28, 01:10 PM) -- When I was a kid, I was...
Posted by Laird in UFOs (and Related) , 2024-04-28, 04:02 PM
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    Thread: The UFO/UAP coverup continues
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Laird Wrote: (2024-04-28, 12:24 PM) -- Please don't feel that you need to refrain from commenting if you do have something considerable to offer, which, by the way, includes such observations as that...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in UFOs (and Related) , 2024-04-28, 02:52 PM
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    Thread: The UFO/UAP coverup continues
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Laird Wrote: (2024-04-28, 12:24 PM) -- That's a (bad-faith?) misrepresentation of my position. While I am dissatisfied with the world as it is, it is for different reasons than you represent: reasons...
Posted by sbu in UFOs (and Related) , 2024-04-28, 01:10 PM
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    Thread: The UFO/UAP coverup continues
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-28, 08:29 AM) -- In other words, if you are dissatisfied with the world as it is, you can pin your hopes on future discoveries, such as faster-than-light travel, that might change...
Posted by Laird in UFOs (and Related) , 2024-04-28, 12:24 PM
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    Thread: The UFO/UAP coverup continues
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-27, 04:42 PM) -- Do you have any hard facts like radar data to suggest it wasn’t a balloon? -- Yes. For example, from the article: Quote: -- In one bizarre incident, a Neb...
Posted by Laird in UFOs (and Related) , 2024-04-27, 04:51 PM
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    Thread: The UFO/UAP coverup continues
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Occam's razor applies when the explanation is sufficient. The ones you proposed manifestly are not. Did you even read the article?
Posted by Laird in UFOs (and Related) , 2024-04-27, 04:41 PM
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    Thread: The UFO/UAP coverup continues
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-27, 02:17 PM) -- This claim might simply involve a balloon with a flashlight, possibly part of a high school experiment. It reminds me of the balloons that were shot down by F-22s...
Posted by Laird in UFOs (and Related) , 2024-04-27, 03:50 PM
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    Thread: The UFO/UAP coverup continues
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-27, 09:34 AM) -- Yeah totally obvious that the interstellar aliens decided to decorate their spacecraft with red, white and green lights (which of course have no Engineering reaso...
Posted by Laird in UFOs (and Related) , 2024-04-27, 12:27 PM
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    Thread: The UFO/UAP coverup continues
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-27, 09:34 AM) -- Yeah totally obvious that the interstellar aliens decided to decorate their spacecraft with red, white and green lights (which of course have no Engineering reaso...
Posted by Typoz in UFOs (and Related) , 2024-04-27, 12:04 PM
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    Thread: The UFO/UAP coverup continues
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An excellent new article in The Hill goes into some detail on the very current status of the UAP/UFO mystery. This is the occurence of a wave of UAP/UFO sightings that appear to slightly mimic swarms ...
Posted by nbtruthman in UFOs (and Related) , 2024-04-26, 04:04 PM
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    Thread: Even After $100 Billion, Self-Driving Cars Are Going Nowhere
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T-Shirt with Stop Sign can possibly make driverless cars stop (https://www.motortrend.com/news/can-a-t-shirt-stop-a-waymo-driverless-taxi-vehicle/) (Changed the title b/c it was needlessly confusin...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-24, 05:32 PM
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    Thread: AI megathread
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Meta claims its newest AI model beats some peers. But its amped-up AI agents are confusing Facebook users (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/meta-releases-llama-3-ai-model/103744538) By AP on ...
Posted by Laird in Other Topics , 2024-04-19, 09:16 PM
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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I was most struck by this Parnia quote from the article; I've never heard him make such a bold prediction before. Quote: -- Parnia, the resuscitation specialist, who studies the physical proce...
Posted by Will in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-12, 07:40 PM
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    Thread: A new Guardian article on near-death experiences
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sbu Wrote: (2024-04-09, 06:30 AM) -- Yes I understand all this is disturbing for the gospel of the NDE followers, hence this baseless denial of even the possibility of strong emergence (divine insigh...
Posted by Sciborg_S_Patel in Skeptic vs. Proponent Discussions , 2024-04-09, 05:22 PM
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    Thread: The soul, suffering, healing, learning, and spirituality [Night Shift split]
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Sciborg_S_Patel Wrote: (2024-04-03, 07:49 PM) -- The challenge I think is that there doesn't seem to be a clear reason a soul needs to learn "both sides of a crime" or anything else if it's a transce...
Posted by Max_B in Spirituality , 2024-04-04, 08:34 PM
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