Tag: science
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Scientists in glass houses.
Science is always quick to critique and subdue experiences and theories from the margins of parapsychology, pseudo-science, philosophy, and non-mainstream healing practices. Moreover, they are often particularly sensitive to have their own theories on Quantum Mechanics (QM) co-opted by these ‘other’ non-scientific tribes in speculations as to what exactly the heck is going on in our universe.…
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Is time real?
In this article for The Conversation, Sam Brown looks at the difficulty science is having understanding if time is actually a thing. The story so far… Physicists have divided our reality into two ontological (think the nature of being) operators manuals. First, the strange world of Quantum mechanics describes how the universe functions at the tiny levels of particles. Photons,…
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Guidelines and standards in the study of Recalled Experience of Death
Article: Guidelines and standards for the study of death and recalled experiences of death––a multidisciplinary consensus statement and proposed future directions.Author(s): Sam ParinaJournal: Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesDownload as PDF The authors of this paper propose a set of definitions and terminology to adopt when studying near-death experiences which they suggest be…
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Seeing the world through a dashboard
So, what I am particularly interested in right now is exploring the topic of analytical idealism. This is a branch of philosophy proposing that consciousness rather than matter is fundamental. That is, everything you see around you and everything you are experience is part of one trans-personal, universal consciousness. If you like you can (carefully ‘cause all…
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Looking at the evidence for survival of human consciousness after death
Robert Bigelow is an aerospace entrepreneur from the US. His research organisation the Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (BICS) recently sponsored an international contest to award authors submitting essays supporting the survival of human consciousness after death. The first prize was $500,000 and the second prize USD 300,000, so this contest was sure to attract…
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Awareness during resuscitation
Title: Awareness During Resuscitation – II: A Multi-Center Study of Consciousness and Awareness in Cardiac Arrest.Author: Sam Parina et alJournal: In pre-print. A pre-print version of the Aware II paper is now available online (not yet peer reviewed). The final version may get locked away behind a paywall so its worth grabbing a copy now…
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