According to a recent article in Wired Magazine, the Pentagon is once again throwing money at paranormal sounding research. Unlike some previous attempts at battlefield psi ops, there is actual technology involved this time: The project has three major goals, according to Darpa. First, try to map a person’s EEG patterns to his or her […]
Another Try at Battlefield Psi
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Metaphysical Monday: Why a Metaphysical Framework?
This is just a quick thought, something that can (and will) be developed and explored a little more fully as time goes on here. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a man of science as well as a man of faith. One foot in each world, as firmly planted as I can manage. That’s how it’s […]
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Yahoo! goes paranormal?
It seems Yahoo! will be getting into the paranormal business. According to Resource Shelf, Yahoo! has filed for a trademark on: RISING : “Scientific and technological services, namely, providing investigation and research into psychic phenomenon and disturbances and paranormal phenomena via a global computer network” & “Education services, namely, providing a website featuring programs, current […]
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Metaphysical Monday: ESPers
Spurred by some recent conversations, I thought I’d toss this idea out there. It’s a topic that often comes up in conversation when the situation allows (or when I deftly insert it) and sometimes leads to fantastic discussions. I’ve had an interest in parapsychology for a good long time. For a little while, I even […]
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Magical Thinking, We’re Wired For It
Do You Believe in Magic? The brain seems to have networks that are specialized to produce an explicit, magical explanation in some circumstances, said Pascal Boyer, a professor of psychology and anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. In an e-mail message, he said such thinking was “only one domain where a relevant interpretation that […]
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