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Maybe this has already been posted: an interesting panel discussion led by British comedian John Cleese:

Alex Tsakiris: “…Is morality an inherent category in the universe? And as a result, should that shape your actions in this life? Probably… but it’s an eternal question. Why should it matter to you whether morality is an “inherent category of the universe”? Does it follow from the affirmative...

Yes, Laurance's surname has been used rather in the way that the Nazis use the word "Jew", although most people do so without realizing. The Rockefellers had their fair share of dissidents and drop-outs in the 1960s (and at other times), and, insofar as their power is concerned, have probably...

Anyone on this page who listened to/watched James Corbett's transmission on UFO disclosure might, like me, have thought his definition was a bit narrow, allowing him to be rather too easily dismissive of the whole business, as well as painting US intelligence and military as just a bit too...

Alex wrote: the power apparatus creates/manipulates/abuses belief systems Yes, succinctly put, Alex. Everyone's trying to get over on everyone else Not so good. Do you not recognize the inequality of this activity? I do not think a society can function unless a general climate of sincerity...

Something touched on in the interview -I haven't yet studied Loyd Auerbach's page or read any of his books -is the whole question of belief. The leading decision-makers in our society, I think (or believe), come up against real psychic effects (etc.) because of their interest in exploiting...

On March 15, 2014, Vortex wrote: "STE" is spiritually transformative experience, I suppose… Thanks Vortex, for explaining the term, and I suppose, too, that this is the meaning Alex had in mind, although he has not followed it up. But, of course, it changes nothing about my initial reaction...

ALEX: You state at the end of your interview with Dr. David Lane that you would like to hear from listeners. You’ve hear from me before. You therefore know what it’s like to be contradicted when you have accepted some part of the conventional wisdom. You don’t think you have? You never...

Dmitch wrote: OK, there are many reasons why people don’t. I find it impossible to “stay with the data” because there’s so much of it. Others more knowledgeable (and maybe more opinionated) than me, however, have pointed out that this data seems to grow as the pro-ET abduction lobby is...

I think if you had stated that the facts show that the military-industrial-intelligence complex is not at the essence of the phenomenon, that would have sounded scientific, but you didn't say that. You referred to another hypothesis that showed the military-industrial-intelligence complex is...

Saiko wrote: Of course, I'm not denying the existence of extra-terrestrial life, intelligent extra-terrestrial life or intelligent extra-terrestrial life visiting Earth, but this is not about seeing aliens throughout the ages, is it?

In connection with abduction phenomena I wrote: Alex replied: You seem to be using one hypothesis to invalidate another. Please be a little clearer, if you can spare the time.

The National Security State analysis and Guy Debord’s thesis of the Society of the Spectacle are two apparently unrelated critiques of post-War society that could help us unravel some of the weird stuff that’s been going on since World War II. Other guidelines should be added, including the...

Alex: Thanks for your reply to my reply. You wrote: Yes, very possibly –a glance at Wikipedia gives a fairly extensive idea of the exposure, but if it was a hoax (and it surely was) it sounds to me like a very sophisticated one, and I doubt whether a one-armed Swiss farmer could have done it...

It seems to be generally accepted that improved medical techniques for patients suffering cardiac arrest are behind the increase in NDEs being reported (although this is probably also a reflection of the growth of the mass media). However, it seems likely that NDEs occurred more often in the...