The Scientific & Medical NetworkCategory: News
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Imaginal Inspirations with Thomas Verny
David Lorimer’s guest today is Dr Thomas R. Verny, psychiatrist, academic, writer, poet, blogger (Psychology Today), contributing columnist (The Stratford Times) and podcaster (Pushing Boundaries with Dr. Thomas R Verny).
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Methodological Exclusion of the Transcendent? – Alexander Moreira-Almeida & Ralph Hood
This paper discusses (a) what is MET as proposed by Flournoy and the reasons he provided to adopt it, (b) problems with MET, implications for research and theory in religion/spirituality and health, and why the transcendent should be included in psychological, medical and other academic research and theory on spiritual experiences (SE), and (c) some…
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Quantum-like mind Significant differences between quantum physics and quantum-like modelling – Sudip Patra
Is mind really quantum? Is there any genuine quantum processes underlying brain functioning? These questions are still not fully answered, but we need to take a non-reductionist approach here.
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Happiness 101 – David McCormick
In the classroom and outside it, neuroscientist David McCormick is leading a mindfulness revolution.
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Do Academic Professionals Believe in Survival and the Paranormal?- IONS Science Team
But, do academic professionals personally believe in the continuation of human consciousness? We tend to think that people who work in academic environments lean more toward skepticism, but is that actually true? If so, what kind of experiment could convince them that human consciousness can survive death? Non-believers would probably require substantial empirical evidence to…
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David Lorimers talks Consciousness, Quantum Theory and Mysticism on the Pushing Boundaries Podcast
So, are you ready to challenge your world view, disrupt your thought patterns, and embark on an intellectual rollercoaster ride with us? Join in for an episode that’s sure to inspire and provoke your thoughts in equal measure.
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What Parapsychology Reveals About the Powers of Intention – Mitch Horowitz
Can we alter reality through the power of our minds? Materialism says no, but science says yes. Mitch Horowitz, historian of alternative spirituality and a popular voice for esoteric ideas, joined us for a mind-blowing ConnectIONS Live. He shared how countless scientific studies provide strong evidence for how we can affect reality through the mind…
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Why Common-Sense Reality Is a Trap – Deepak Chopra
The worldview that can reshape everyone’s life can be summarized as “consciousness is all.” Many ramifications stem from “consciousness is all.” It is premature to explore them, however, until the mystique of materialism is shattered. Until “matter first” and “mind first” are both abandoned, the battle for reality remains as futile as ever, and the…
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Imaginal Inspirations with Keith Ward
Prof Keith Ward, DD, FBA graduated in philosophy from Cardiff University, and in theology from Oxford. He taught philosophy at the Universities of Glasgow, St. Andrews, and King’s College, London. He was Dean of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, then Professor of Moral and Social Theology and subsequently of the History and Philosophy of Religion at King’s,…
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Iain McGilchrist in conversation with Charles Eisenstein
“We need both union and division. And in fact, Goethe, who was an uncommonly wise man, said that uniting the divided, dividing the united, this is the whole business of nature.”
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Brain experiment suggests that consciousness relies on quantum entanglement
Most neuroscientists believe that the brain operates in a classical manner. However, if brain processes rely on quantum mechanics, it could explain why our brains are so powerful. A team of researchers possibly witnessed entanglement in the brain, perhaps indicating that some of our brain activity, and maybe even consciousness, operates on a quantum level.
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Why Does Consciousness Leave So Many False Clues? – Deepak Chopra
There is only one way to get past every false clue in the hunt for consciousness. You must make it the “stuff” of creation, a non-physical state from which matter, energy, time, and space are created. Every phenomenon we can experience doesn’t have consciousness or exhibit mind.