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  1. Michael Larkin

    Richard Cox, Being Right About No Virus |573|

    I am still a member. But how come you have my email address? As far as I'm aware, only two people on Skeptiko do -- David Bailey is one, and Nelson is the other. David Bailey, incidentally, tells me he was removed from Skeptiko when his password was changed, so he simply couldn't log on. I don't...
  2. Michael Larkin

    Andy Paquette, Precognitive Dreams |583|

    Hang on. Did you read the other paper whose abstract you initially posted? Are you able to supply your own understanding of what methodology was used? And are you able to get the gist of what they did in this new paper -- why exactly they think it proves isolation? It doesn't do to just take...
  3. Michael Larkin

    Dianne Collins, Quantum Think |588|

    The thing about quantum mechanics, as far as I understand it (and I'm not an expert by any means) is that mathematically, it works and is useful. Since it does, the temptation is to posit that therefore one of the interpretations of it such as hidden variables, or influence by consciousness, or...
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    Andy Paquette, Precognitive Dreams |583|

    Unfortunately, we don't have the full paper, but only the abstract. So we don't know exactly what methodology was employed. Hence nothing can be said about whether or not the rabies virus was isolated in the true sense of the word. To illustrate, here is another (this time full) paper...
  5. Michael Larkin

    covid loose ends

    Stupidity and sheep-like behaviour of world leaders who wanted to appear to be the most stringent and effective. Stupidity of populations who for the most part also bought into the narrative, driven by fear. Stupidity and greed of the pharmaceutical industry. A stupid media which went along with...
  6. Michael Larkin

    covid loose ends

    Yup. The article gets my vote. Stupidity and greed in complex adaptive systems rather than conspiracies purposely designed to lead to destruction.
  7. Michael Larkin

    Richard Cox, Being Right About No Virus |573|

    By attributing them to disease agents other than viruses, such as bacteria. See posts #35 and #46 in the Skeptiko Reboot thread.
  8. Michael Larkin

    Al Borealis, 2022 Year in Review |576|

    Well, if heliocentrists are correct, it seems to me that epicycles are out, and if geocentrists are correct, they are in. I can't think of an alternative, so at the moment I see it as being one or the other, but not both. Which, I don't know. As to your point about being lied to, I agree...
  9. Michael Larkin

    Al Borealis, 2022 Year in Review |576|

    Nice post, and very interesting. I have a question: if geocentrism were true, wouldn't that restore the idea of epicycles to account for the observed retrograde motion of planets as viewed from earth? Everyone seems to be saying there's no difference between geocentrism and heliocentrism when...
  10. Michael Larkin

    Skeptiko Reboot |577|

    I agree. Again, I agree. In fact, antibiotics used in the preparation of "viral" vaccines are what may fragment bacteria to produce the alleged viruses. This is because many antibiotics attack the cell wall of a bacterium, helping break it down.
  11. Michael Larkin

    Skeptiko Reboot |577|

    Well, if one is an Idealist (and I am), eveything (including "matter") is "vibrations" in an essentially mental universe. So in at least one sense, I think you're right.
  12. Michael Larkin

    Skeptiko Reboot |577|

    There are several groups of people, including at least the following: 1. Those who accept that both viruses and bacteria, in accordance with germ theory, can be responsible for communicable disease -- this is the consensus view. 2. Those who accept that bacteria can cause communicable disease...
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    Al Borealis, 2022 Year in Review |576|

    I've attached the list as a text file. I'm wondering how you search the site, or indeed any YouTube channel. The best way, I find, is to go to the main menu horizontally across the top and scroll right (using the ">" symbol) until you get to the search icon (an eyeglass), which you can click...
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    Al Borealis, 2022 Year in Review |576|

    I have saved every skeptiko episode, numbered from the first, to ep. 530. I can if you wish supply a list of all those episodes with enough info in the file names to identify the subject or interviewee. You could then search the site for that subject/interviewee and hence view/listen to them in...
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    Dr. Mona Sobhani, Neuroscience and the Spiritual |575|

    And I believe that's true. Nothing is what it appears to be. Some things are apparently more concrete/literal than others, but I suspect that's mainly because a large number of people agree it's so. "Reality" as it is perceived is all a matter of interpretation. The more people accept an...
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    Dr. Mona Sobhani, Neuroscience and the Spiritual |575|

    I meant that whatever is perceived isn't literally as perceived. It's a real manifestation, though how it appears is an interpretation in light of expectations, or if not expectations, the general zeitgeist.
  17. Michael Larkin

    Dr. Mona Sobhani, Neuroscience and the Spiritual |575|

    This is quite close to my position. Paranormal events are real, but not literally. E.g. if a group of people sees an ET, they may be genuinely experiencing something, but it isn't an ET. It's something arising from collective consciousness and taking on a form in line with their expectations. In...
  18. Michael Larkin

    Dr. Bernardo Kastrup, Debating the Nature of Reality |574|

    Maybe. Your guess is as good as mine. To some extent, it depends how literally one takes your imagined computer metaphor to be. The more literalness, the more duality creeps in. And for me, the name of the game is monism. But to be fair, even BK's idea about dissociation kind of introduces a...
  19. Michael Larkin

    Dr. Bernardo Kastrup, Debating the Nature of Reality |574|

    You may be right, of course. OTOH, you're using language and projecting verbal descriptions onto MAL. There's an underlying assumption that language reflects reality rather than being a means for us to organise and share our concepts of the world. The very fact of using language implies...
  20. Michael Larkin

    Dr. Bernardo Kastrup, Debating the Nature of Reality |574|

    IMHO, "intelligence" might not require metaconsciousness on the part of MAL. It's a word that we humans apply to an ability to reason logically, probably reaching its zenith in mathematics. When we look at cellular activity, we may project intelligence onto cells because their components and the...
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