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Scientists are always claiming to understand big important things that they do not actually understand, things such as the origin of the human race and how there arises human minds. Over and over again we read statements claiming "scientists know" some grand thing, and the statements are very often profoundly misleading.
One way to get a good understanding of how ...
In Part 1 of this two-part series I described the earliest accounts of out-of-body experiences, discussing account appearing between 1864 and 1911. Let us look at some more of the earliest accounts of out-of-body expe...
A recent scientific study "Out-of-body experiences: interpretations through the eyes of those who live them" gives us two cases of what we may call veridical out-of-body experiences. We read this:
"Par...
In the year 2126 young Josh lived in a tall tower on the planet Mars. His mother Lucy hoped that the education of Josh would be a breeze, and that he could learn all he needed to learn by the "brain downloads" that scientists had long promised. But the hype about "brain downloads" had never materialized into a product anyone could use. So Josh did his studies in a prett...
Scientists and doctors have a long history of paying inadequate attention to very serious risks that are hard to quantify. Here are some examples.
When the first atomic bomb was being developed, there were concerns that its explosion would cause an uncontrollable chain reaction that would set the Earth's atmosphere on fire. Anyone familiar with the...