Recent content by Andrew Paquette

Wait until you see the next one. That interview was the warm-up. Based on what we did there, I have now written three more articles about chatbot interactions on election subjects. To say the least, they are very interesting. The short version is this: the chatbots can react like a normal...

Now that you mention Atwill, how about Kelly Bulkeley? He has a huge dream database (not as big as mine though) and studies paranormal dreams as they relate to spiritual/religious topics. My impression is that he is more interested in the spiritual side of it than the paranormal end. That said...

Not sure if this belongs here or in the dream thread... I had a second algorithm-related dream a week ago. I wasn't able to look into it right away but started work on it a few days ago. Today, the final piece of the puzzle fell into place. The key, as with the first dream, was simple. It showed...

Some years ago, when I was writing "Dreamer", I was aked to get some reccommendations/reviews from prominent people. One person I contacted was Uri Geller, at his home in London. He said he was happy to provide a review, "just write it up and I'll sign it" or words to that effect. He wasn't the...

Alex Tsakiris, Killer Shark, strikes again. I haven't counted the number of interviews where it happens but I continue to be surprised at Alex's ability to hone in on the critical weak point in an interviewee's narrative. Marvel Comics has a character like this named Karnak, who belongs to the...

Hey Alex! I just remembered that you wrote something in the dream thread that I wanted to respond to here. It had to do with a listener who took issue with the election podcast. I was curious what the problem was. Without any details from you, it seemed to me it is either, 1) disputing the...

My understanding is that the estimated death rate is between 1:2000-1:3000. I remember saying "1%-3%" recently but that was an error.

This won't be a pretty answer because I am pressed for time right now but I'll do my best. I had forgotten about the "Philip the ghost" category of examples. So, we agree on that. "Jedi mind tricks" are from fiction. If you had an example from the literature, that would be preferable. However...

First off, in this context, a question that suggests an answer is not necessarily an answer. Interpreting a question as willfully deceptive when the real issue is my answer to the question, doesn't meet a standard for willful deception on the part of a communicator. Second, the literature is...

From a bio-mechanical perspective, I think that dream did make sense. Certain types of things can scale up or down to a point without losing or compromising functionality but scalability is not infinite. Real world mechanics are scale dependent. Imagine, for instance, a water strider trying to...

Who says my dreams should trump all other evidence? I wrote, "you may get a kick out of this" because it is an interesting idea. Maybe it's right, maybe it isn't.

I hate to admit it but I'm not sure what you mean by "simulation theory". If it's that our material existence is a kind of training ground, or "simulation", I can accept that as plausible. Many of the spiritual themes in my journal relate to training of various kinds: healing others, compassion...

I was going to reply in full here, then realized it would make a good SubStack post. You can see the post and the illustration I made to go with it here. To keep the thread going however, here is the pertinent part: I was surprised to see [STH's] post because something very similar occured in...

This just sent a chill up my spine. I don't have the time to give a detailed explanation, so this is just a placeholder. I had exactly the same thing happen in one of my dreams. Exactly.

Alex, almost as soon as Dr. Shiva starting talking, I started talking too. I don't do that often but I couldn't help myself. I was saying, "Holy S---! Holy S---! Holy S---!" At other moments I was speechless. I don't know if you've ever had another interview that surprised me more. Maybe the...