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| Smithy's Most Liked Post | ||
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| RE: Written interview with Rudolf Smit and Titus Rivas | 2018-02-11, 09:43 AM | 11 |
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| Psience Quest Interview No. 4: Rudolf Smit and Titus Rivas |
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| Laird Wrote: (2018-02-10, 02:44 PM) -- To Smithy: Titus has been queried regarding his perspective on the mind-body question, and has explained that even though he thinks idealism is tenable, he nevertheless identifies as an interactionist dualist. What is your own perspective, and why (and how firmly) do you hold it? How relevant, generally, do you think that your perspective on the mind-body question is to your research in NDEs? -- Thanks for this valuable question. Now, let me be clear: I am not a philosopher - all of that is Titus's cup of tea. For me it is more like this: if it waddles like a duck, if it quacks like a duck, if it looks like a duck, then it is a duck, period. So when I encounter veridical cases, that after serious scrutiny and support from independent (and reliable) sources, can hardly be anything but true, then I cannot do anything than accept them - however, with just a small percentage of doubt in the back of my mind, because as so often was and is the case, sometimes - in hindsight - things were and are a little different than originally assumed. I have been studying these matters since the mid-seventies. Not continuously though, there were years that I did not pay much attention to it. And, honestly, it took me 28 years to switch over from the "joke of the brain" assumption to the almost-certainty that it is much more than that. I now have the almost 100% certainty that mind and body are separate entities that are intemately connected but under particular circumstances can part. As in OBE/NDE, and of course, also at physical death. So, in that regard, I consider myself a survivalist. And naturally, these assumptions influence my research into these phenomena. But..... as I indicated, a true scientific approach demands to remain critical. Not all that glitters is gold, isn't it?! I hope this has answered your question. Smithy | ||
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