Calrid, was the drug that was used to induce NDE elements ketamine? I don't feel that inducing NDE with drugs invalidates their being objectively real at all. If the brain and the mind are two separate things then it would be natural that some drugs would mimic what is going on in the brain near...
There has been a lot of research done, it has just not been done through the university system. And mainly because they won't do it. Any person or group can do the scientific method. The university system doesn't hold any monopoly on scientific truth. The evidence is out there, and has been...
The second link is all about the study in the Netherlands on NDE's.
http://www.ndelight.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117&Itemid=63
http://lkm.fri.uni-lj.si/xaigor/slo/znanclanki/neardeat.htm
I totally respect you opinion Evo, but sometimes it also takes strength to believe as well. For example, I used to be an atheist, and when I started looking at what I felt was evidence for things of a spiritual nature it did cause some resistance in me. Even though I am not a scientist or part...
I think that IQ is suggestive, but not absolute in determining a persons potential. Also one thing that I feel that people ignore is that IQ can be raised. At least 30% of intelligence is learned, and that is a lot to work with. I believe that true geniuses have both a high IQ and creativity...
This might have already been stated above, so if it has I apologize, however in special relativity the speed of light is invariant. It is invariant given that it does not change regardless of the observer or his or her motion.
My best friend used to teach anthropology and sociology at a community college. He has his Ph.D in anthropology. Anyway when it comes to social values he is very liberal, but when it comes to economics he is a moderate.
I thought that I would add my story since I used to have problems with much of mathematics. I don't claim to be any kind of expert now, for I still have much, much more to learn. But in my case I did not like math as a child because I had a hard time with it. When I would close my eyes and try...