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Posted by Cassandra Vieten, PhD on Dec. 24, 2010
Responding to the Debate – Psi Research at a Tipping Point
I posted an article about Psi Research on my Huffington Post blog Friday morning and by Friday evening had nearly 1000 views and 250 comments. It’s been very interesting to read the comments on this article – now nearly 900 - and to see the great interest this topic generated. In this follow-up post I share my response to some of these comments.
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Posted by Tam Hunt on Dec. 22, 2010
Absent-Minded Science, Part III: What Is Matter?
Whether we call our philosophy “idealism” or “materialism” or “panpsychism,” we are trying to explain the same thing: reality, this. Some approaches are better than others, but our criteria are themselves necessarily subjective. I have highlighted empirical adequacy, logical consistency, and intellectual pedigree here, but other criteria could be used and different conclusions reached.
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Posted by Cassandra Vieten, PhD on Dec. 15, 2010
It’s about Time – Psi Research at a Tipping Point
Why is the existing literature on psi phenomena routinely dismissed by the scientific community and virtually ignored within the broader academic community? I think it's fear that some of our most cherished beliefs, about how the world works and about who and what we are, may be wrong. Such examination may lead to radical revisions in understanding our human potentials.
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Posted by Peter Russell, MA, DCS, FSP on Dec. 2, 2010
There Is No Such Thing as an Ego
What we call the ego is not another separate self so much as a mode of being that can dominate our thinking, decisions, speech, and actions, leading us to behave in ways that are uncaring, self-centered, or manipulative.
