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Introduction and invitation

Below (under the heading, "The post") is the working version of the main post in the Skeptiko forum thread, "Index of Skeptiko threads and related resources", which due to size has had to be split into multiple posts, starting here.

Below this post are the threads remaining to be integrated into the post from the "Critical Discussions" and "Discuss the Show" forums on Skeptiko. Threads from the other forums have not yet been extracted. Also included is a section containing the contents of a resources post on Skeptiko.

You are invited to edit this post in good faith, shifting list items from the later sections into the post section itself, creating new entries in the post's table of contents as necessary, and/or adding other resources that you think would be useful to include in it. Feel free to edit anonymously, but also feel free to create an account under which to edit, preferably using the same username that you use on Skeptiko if you have an account there. From time to time after changes have been made, I'll edit the contents of the post below into the Skeptiko thread.

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The post

Table of contents

  • Books (and reviews of them) on parapsychology, the paranormal, consciousness, spirituality, etc [includes some external links]
  • Parapsychology: the science of psi
    • Categories of:
      • Precognition
        • Precognitive dreams
      • Presentiment
      • Telepathy
        • The Ganzfeld experiments
        • Telepathic dogs (predicting their owner's return)
      • Psychokinesis
        • Spoon bending
      • Remote viewing
      • Psychic vision
      • Synchronicity
      • Near Death Experiences (NDEs) and Out of Body Experiences (OBEs/OOBEs)
      • Lucid dreaming
      • Mediumship / spirit communication / psychics
      • Ghosts and poltergeists
      • Reincarnation
      • Resurrection
      • Miscellaneous psi/psychic/paranormal phenomena
    • Criticisms of
    • Speculations on nature of and mechanisms for
    • Prominent adepts at psi
      • Uri Geller
    • Researchers in
      • Dean Radin
      • Rupert Sheldrake
        • Morphic resonance
    • Evidential matters including burden of proof of
    • Research methodology of incl. statistics
    • Variability of psi
  • Paradigm change and post-materialism. Is the paradigm changing? Is a new "consciousness culture" (or "revolution") emerging? If so, what is it like? What, generally, are the implications of psi and parapsychology, especially for science? What will a post-materialist paradigm and science look like?
  • UFOs, alien encounters and extraterrestrial life
  • Hallucinogens/psychedelics
  • (Pseudo-)skepticism
    • Prominent figures in
      • James Randi
        • James Randi's Million Dollar Challenge
      • Massimo Pigliucci
      • Michael Shermer
      • Sam Harris
      • Susan Blackmore
    • Harrassment by
    • Deception, duplicity and suppression by
    • Coopting of Wikipedia by
  • Philosophy (metaphysics, ontology, ethics) incl. scientific syntheses
    • Reasoning about reality: why are we here, and what is the (nature of the) metaphysical system in which we are incarnated?
    • Synthetic/big-picture thinkers/thinking about metaphysics, science and the paranormal
    • Epistemology
    • Origins / primary explanations (Why something instead of nothing?)
    • Meaning in life
    • Life after death
    • (Concepts of) God
    • Atheism
    • Ontology
      • Monistic ontologies
        • Neutral monism
        • Idealism
        • Materialism/physicalism incl. consequences and waning of
      • (Anti-)Realism
    • Philosophy of mind / theories of consciousness
      • Integrated Information Theory
      • The filter theory of consciousness
      • Panpsychism
    • Evil (the existence/nature of)
    • Memory
    • Relationship of philosophy to science
    • Philosophy of science
    • Free will and determinism
    • Time
    • Intelligence
    • Imagination
    • Thought, reason, intuition and belief
    • Information/mathematics/Platonism
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics, the singularity and transhumanism
    • Morality
      • Non-human rights (animal and plant rights)
  • Mainstream science/scholarship: corruption in, and criticisms/distrust of
  • Spirituality, healing/therapy, magic and related practices
    • Meditation
    • Complementary/alternative medicine
      • Homeopathy
    • Spirituality and (versus?) science
  • Religion
    • Christianity
    • Buddhism
  • The divide between those who accept psi etc and those who reject it
    • Nomenclature (what to call those on either side of the divide)
    • Debates on psi, spirituality, materialism, atheism, etc.
  • Other (controversial) science
    • Physics, esp. quantum mechanics and its interpretations/implications
    • Evolution versus intelligent design (plus Creationism)
    • Climate change (esp. arguments for/against)
    • Neuroscience
    • Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) / genetic engineering (GE)
    • Vaccines
    • HIV/AIDS
    • The health risks of saturated fat / cholesterol
    • Crop circles
  • Politics
    • Differences between liberals and conservatives
    • Gun control
    • New world order / global elites / shadow government / conspiracy
      • 9/11
  • Miscellaneous
    • Mental "illness"
    • Optical illusions
    • Consciousness/intelligence/traits in non-human life
    • Flat Earth theory

Books (and reviews of them) on parapsychology, the paranormal, consciousness, spirituality, etc

Parapsychology: the science of psi

Parapsychology: Precognition

Parapsychology: Precognitive dreams

Parapsychology: Presentiment

Parapsychology: Telepathy

Parapsychology: Telepathy: The Ganzfeld experiments

Parapsychology: Telepathic dogs (predicting their owner's return)

Parapsychology: Psychokinesis

Parapsychology: Psychokinesis: Spoon bending

Parapsychology: Synchronicity

Parapsychology: Remote viewing

Parapsychology: Psychic vision

Parapsychology: Near Death Experiences (NDEs) and Out of Body Experiences (OBEs/OOBEs)

Parapsychology: Lucid dreaming

Parapsychology: Mediumship / spirit communication / psychics

Ghosts and poltergeists

Parapsychology: Reincarnation

Parapsychology: Resurrection

Miscellaneous psi/psychic/paranormal phenomena

Parapsychology: Criticisms of

Parapsychology: Speculations on nature of and mechanisms for

Parapsychology: Prominent adepts at psi: Uri Geller

Parapsychology: Researchers in: Dean Radin

Parapsychology: Researchers in: Rupert Sheldrake

Parapsychology: Researchers in: Rupert Sheldrake: Morphic resonance

Parapsychology: Evidential matters including burden of proof of

Parapsychology: Research methodology of incl. statistics

Parapsychology: Variability of psi

Paradigm change and post-materialism

Is the paradigm changing? Is a new "consciousness culture" (or "revolution") emerging? If so, what is it like? What, generally, are the implications of psi and parapsychology, especially for science? What will a post-materialist paradigm and science look like?

UFOs, alien encounters and extraterrestrial life

Hallucinogens/psychedelics

(Pseudo-)skepticism

(Pseudo-)skepticism: Prominent figures in: James Randi

(Pseudo-)skepticism: James Randi's Million Dollar Challenge

(Pseudo-)skepticism: Prominent figures in: Massimo Pigliucci

(Pseudo-)skepticism: Prominent figures in: Michael Shermer

(Pseudo-)skepticism: Prominent figures in: Sam Harris

(Pseudo-)skepticism: Prominent figures in: Susan Blackmore

(Pseudo-)skepticism: Harrassment by

(Pseudo-)skepticism: Deception, duplicity and suppression by

(Pseudo-)skepticism: Coopting of Wikipedia by

Reasoning about reality: why are we here, and what is the (nature of the) metaphysical system in which we are incarnated?

Synthetic/big-picture thinkers/thinking about metaphysics, science and the paranormal

Epistemology

Origins / primary explanations (Why something instead of nothing?)

Meaning in life

Life after death

(Concepts of) God

Atheism

Neutral monism

Idealism

Materialism/physicalism incl. consequences and waning of

(Anti-)Realism

Philosophy of mind / theories of consciousness

Integrated Information Theory (of consciousness)

The filter theory of consciousness

Panpsychism

Evil (the existence/nature of)

Memory

Relationship of philosophy to science

Philosophy of religion

Philosophy of science

Free will and determinism

Time

Intelligence

Imagination

Thought, reason, intuition and belief

Information/mathematics/Platonism

Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics, the singularity and transhumanism

Morality

Morality: Non-human rights (animal and plant rights)

Mainstream science/scholarship: corruption in, and criticisms/distrust of

Spirituality, healing/therapy, magic and related practices

Meditation

Complementary/alternative medicine

Homeopathy

Spirituality and (versus?) science

Religion

See also: Philosophy of religion

Religion: Christianity

See also: Philosophy of religion

Religion: Buddhism

The divide between those who accept psi etc and those who reject it

Nomenclature (what to call those on either side of the divide between those who accept psi etc and those who reject it)

Debates on psi, spirituality, materialism, atheism, etc.

Physics, esp. quantum mechanics and its interpretations/implications

Evolution versus intelligent design (plus Creationism)

Climate change

Neuroscience

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) / genetic engineering (GE)

Vaccines

HIV/AIDS

The health risks of saturated fat / cholesterol

Crop circles

Politics: Differences between liberals and conservatives

Politics: Gun control

Politics: New world order / global elites / shadow government / conspiracy

Politics: 9/11

Mental "illness"

Optical illusions

Consciousness/intelligence/traits in non-human life

Flat Earth theory


Remaining threads from the "Critical Discussions" forum to integrate into the above post


Remaining threads from the "Discuss the Show" forum to integrate into the above post


Resources for Julie Beischel's laboratory mediumship research remaining to be integrated into the above post

The following was seeded from the second post in the Skeptiko thread, ***Links, Sources and Resources***. It needs to be integrated into the main post above, and then the source thread can be deleted (we might want to also integrate the Tom Campbell interview which Steve includes in the third post in that thread).


Beischel, J., & Schwartz, G.E. (2007). Anomalous information reception by research mediums demonstrated using a novel triple-blind protocol. EXPLORE: The Journal of Science & Healing, 3, 23-27. http://www.windbridge.org/papers/BeischelEXPLORE2007vol3.pdf

Beischel, J. (2007/2008). Contemporary methods used in laboratory-based mediumship research. Journal of Parapsychology, 71, 37-68. http://www.windbridge.org/papers/JP71_2007-2008_Beischel_Methods.pdf

Rock, A. J. & Beischel, J. (2008). Quantitative Analysis of Research Mediums’ Conscious Experiences during a Discarnate Reading versus a Control Task: A Pilot Study. Australian Journal of Parapsychology, Vol. 8, Number 2, pp. 157-179. http://thewhitecrow.webs.com/Quantitative Analysis of Research Mediums’.pdf

Rock, A. J., Beischel, J., & Schwartz, G.E. (2008). Thematic Analysis of Research Mediums' Experiences of Discarnate Communication. Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 179–192. Thematic analysis of research mediums' experiences of discarnate communication | Julie Beischel - Academia.edu

Rock, A. J., Beischel, J., & Cott, C. C. (2008/2009). Psi vs. survival: A qualitative investigation of mediums' phenomenology comparing psychic readings and ostensible communication with the deceased. Transpersonal Psychology Review, 13, 76-89. http://www.windbridge.org/papers/TPR13RockBeischelCott2009.pdf

Beischel, J., & Rock, A. J. (2009). Addressing the survival vs. psi debate through process-focused mediumship research. Journal of Parapsychology, 73, 71-90. http://www.windbridge.org/papers/JP73BeischelRock2009.pdf

Boccuzzi, M., & Beischel, J. (2011). Objective analyses of reported real-time audio instrumental transcommunication and matched control sessions: A pilot study. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 25, 215-235. http://www.windbridge.org/papers/BoccuzziBeischel2011JSE25ITC.pdf

Amazon.com: Among Mediums: A Scientist's Quest for Answers eBook: Julie Beischel PhD: Kindle Store

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