Postcards From the Edge of Consciousness - Issue 16: Nothingness - Nautilus “Sensory deprivation goes from CIA torture manuals to a yoga studio near you.” Via andrewduck.
(tags: psychology meditation floatation deprivation consciousness) TAM2014 - Carol Tavris - Who’s Lying Who’s Self-Justifying - YouTube “Social psychologist and author Carol ( Read more... )

UFOs, Ghosts and a Rising God Chris Hallquist’s debunking of the stories of the resurrection of Jesus is now online. It’s a good read. It’s mostly a response to popular apologetics on the subject (Habermas, Craig, McDowell and so on) and an argument that the evidence is worse than that for more modern paranormal events which we justly reject (the ( Read more... )

Arguments From My Opponent Believes Something | Slate Star Codex 1. Argument From My Opponent Believes Something, Which Is Kinda Like Believing It On Faith, Which Is Kinda Like Them Being A Religion: “The high priests of the economic orthodoxy take it on faith that anyone who doubts the market is a heretic who must be punished.”
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