Recent content by Troy

Wow. Just wow. I am a psi-proponent, but the embrace of climate science denial on this forum really turns me off. Alex's embrace of climate science denial and 9-11 conspiracy theories is shredding Skeptiko's credibility. And I am not talking about credibility with mainstream scientists, but...

Another great interview:

I'll be honest and say that I find annihilation scary. Not so much annihilation itself, since if it's true *I* won't be around to experience anything, but rather the minutes leading up to it, knowing you're going to die. Annihilation also makes me sad. Life is pointless if it is true. Sure, we...

I'm in regular correspondence with several folks at the Division of Perceptual Studies. I remember bringing the "Immortality Project" up with them back in the day. Apparently a member of the review committee complained to them during a visit to DOPS. According to this person – who is a skeptic...

Take a look at Andreas Sommer's blog Forbidden Histories: http://forbiddenhistories.com/ There are some interesting posts there; but really, I wouldn't waste your time arguing with this guy. He'll probably cite Wikipedia articles on these things as evidence.

My opinion? The guy is a moron. I seriously doubt he has engaged with Stevenson's research, and his comments about Garrett, Piper, and Leonard are laughable. I am really looking forward to Andreas Sommer's book on early psychical research that should be out later this year (Stanford University...

Kripal wrote the introduction to Bernardo's forthcoming book. I introduced them electronically and get a shout out in the intro. :)

Jeff wrote the introduction to Bernardo's forthcoming book on religion and myth. I get a shout out. ;)

Voilà: yes, i know stapp's work and i think i mention it briefly in that talk. i'm sympathetic with his general approach. the difference between his approach and mine is that mine, consciousness itself is always the primary locus of collapse, whereas on his, it is what the consciousness is...

I e-mailed Chalmers to get his opinion on Henry Stapp's theory of QM, since it is predicated upon a role for consciousness in collapsing the wave function. I'll post the response here if I get one.

Just found this. Might be interesting?

You should read "The Illusion of Conscious Will" by Daniel M. Wegner. Then you should read Ed Kelly's review of the same in the Journal of Scientific Exploration for some sanity... My favorite determinist is Jerry Coyne, who insists that everything is predetermined by the laws of physics and...

A preview is now up on Google books: https://books.google.fr/books?id=RuPFBgAAQBAJ&pg=PP3&lpg=PP3&dq=beyond+physicalism&source=bl&ots=jDT-pnC24M&sig=oaOkgy7mjyQUD3chxm7BXcEYnBo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UWzzVP2rNcTzUtqzhJgN&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=beyond%20physicalism&f=false You can read most of the...