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- ukit20
Morning_star you're always talking about something you call "materialism"...mind explaining what that actually means? Because this materialist/non-materialist thing seems like an incoherent concept to me.
All materialism says is that reality is made out of some kind of substance, which seems pretty hard to argue against. You could have multiple dimensions, or psychic powers for that matter, and it would still have a material explanation. It would kind of have to actually, because something like psychic powers would need to interact with the brain and other aspects of physical reality.
Most scientists would not consider themselves materialist, they just want to measure something before declaring that it actually exists, which seems reasonable.
- detritus0
We will always struggle with a 'root event', as there'll always be the thought “but what brought about THAT?”, at that point it's a matter of personal preference whether or not you insert a deity in there or not.
but then, “whence the deity?”.
So, who gives a shit? Believe what you like, believe whatever makes you feels comfortable / the least uncomfortable.
The science-flavoured bit just keeps everything fresh and interesting.
- detritus0
One for set...
- ukit20
" the existence of what we call psi effects are perfectly reasonable. The nature and mechanic of these psi effects is, on the other hand, a different question."
That's kind of what I'm getting at though...if you can't begin to explain the nature and mechanics of it then it isn't reasonable. Not anymore or less reasonable than any other random explanation. It's like the Ancient Aliens guy who wants the explanation for everything to be aliens. Statistical anomaly, well clearly it must be psychic powers!
People have always wanted to believe that their minds are the center of the universe, when in fact that universe is a much weirder place and not based around humans at all.
- Morning_star0
"That's kind of what I'm getting at though...if you can't begin to explain the nature and mechanics of it then it isn't reasonable."
Again, this is EXACTLY the issue there is with Dark Matter. No one knows the nature of Dark Matter yet from your perspective it's OK to consider it as a pretty well-formed scientific reality and it isn't.
You can't dismiss one without having to dismiss the other. The same argument you used can be applied to DM. "We only know what 5% of the entire universe is therefore... Dark Matter and Energy"
Discard your prejudices and look at the evidence.
- ukit20
Meh...I feel like we're arguing in circles here. Look back at my earlier answers. I wouldn't consider "dark matter" to be an established theory, but the idea of a new kind of unknown particle seems reasonable based on what we already know, psychic powers is a big leap.
Anyway you seem to to believe pretty strongly in this...do you personally believe you have psychic abilities? Have you ever seen someone bend a spoon or predict the future? It shouldn't really require poring over statistics to prove this stuff...
- set0
I'm going to post this again.
- PonyBoy-1
"FIVE SECOND RULE" DEBUNKED
... finally someone took the time to prove it's not good to eat food off the floor
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/food…
:P
- ORAZAL0
What are you crackahs goign on 'bout?
- GeorgesIV0
I debated about posting it in conspiracy thread, but because it's now out in the open and approved, I'll put it here
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In a new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, Vanderbilt psychologists Robert Reinhart, a Ph.D. candidate, and Geoffrey Woodman, assistant professor of psychology, show that it is possible to selectively manipulate our ability to learn through the application of a mild electrical current to the brain, and that this effect can be enhanced or depressed depending on the direction of the current.
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- uan0
- detritus0
"The great nutrient collapse
The atmosphere is literally changing the food we eat, for the worse. And almost nobody is paying attention."
- detritus0
With a pinch of salt, but all the same...