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    Octopus research shows that consciousness isn’t what makes humans special

    Edward Feser wrote a post about something like this back in 2012: http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2012/08/animals-are-conscious-in-other-news-sky.html
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    Transhumanism: The Search for Human 2.0

    But doesn't that take away a part of what it means to be a Human?
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    A Philosophical Critique of Empirical Arguments for Postmortem Survival

    I mean, those watches they swing in your face can hurt if they hit you.
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    If AWARE 2 got 10 hidden target hits, would you kill yourself?

    Unless I knew for a fact that they had hobby stores in the afterlife, no..
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    Lots going on in the brain even when it appears dead

    It's worth noting that the burst of activity has not been found in Humans, only rats.
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    Lots going on in the brain even when it appears dead

    Hmmm.. Well, If anyone was hoping for a possible explanation of NDEs, I don't think they're going to find it there.
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    Forum Borealis has become a goto podcast of mine. It was really cool chatting with Al.

    I think he might be referring to IIT maybe? That''s my guess.
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    New rodent asphyxial cardiac arrest study finds highly coherent brain activity

    I remember another article where they found a similar spike in brain activity in rats before death (The so called "Death Spike"), but were not able to find it in Humans.
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    Rational Arguments for God?

    That we are experiencing things from a first-person perspective. I think most people ignore the subjective part entirely.
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    Rational Arguments for God?

    It's amazing to me how so many people seem to completely misunderstand the problem and claim that they've solved the problem through brain imaging or something related. They just completely miss the point, Its like they threw a dart at a dartboard and somehow ended up with it in their shoulder..
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    Rational Arguments for God?

    I agree, Neuroscience is extremely useful, especially when it comes to the study and treatment of various brain injuries. Hopefully they're able to one day take steps to prevent Alzheimer's and maybe even reverse it if they catch it early enough.
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    Poltergeists - different cases

    I remember seeing a theory about what causes poltergeists, it was literally just "something, something, magnetic field." I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.
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    Snowflakes aren't special, you have no meaning, and that's good

    "When I mentioned Ellis’s critique to Krauss, he claimed that Ellis, although once a physicist, is now a “theologian.” Ellis, a Quaker, has indeed written about religion, among other topics, but he is renowned for his work as a physicist. He co-wrote with Stephen Hawking the classic work The...
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    What are you listening to?

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