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  • Z.W. Wolf
    My unease with the apparent brightness is not in regard to the absolute brightness of the ski slope. It's what's in the air and atmospheric extinction. The ground lights are obscured by what looks like fog. Since the distant lights appear just...
  • Gary C
    (Edit to add: I think what you describe is just coincidence. It happens.) I'm aware of a different kind of synchronicity, which is devoid of woo although it often appears superficially that it might be. It is stimulus-driven, but the...
  • Todd Feinman
    That certainly happens too
  • Gary C
    Gary C reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Debunking Humor... with Like Like.
    A nice example of the mutabillity of what seems like a very clear memory... I recall singing the song with my mother, the tune and lyrics are clear in my head but, even allowing for spelling nonsense words differently, what I recall cannot be...
  • Mendel
    Synchronicity is also a function of observation. The more you sit back to observe, rather than focus on some immediate goal, the more you see that you can connect. New Age and esoteric practice is actually not too bad at teaching mindfulness...
  • Mick West
    https://skepticalinquirer.org/2021/12/jeopardy-and-ideas-of-reference/ So, what causes these seemingly reasonable and highly intelligent people to reject the obvious explanation of "just a coincidence" and instead leap to some mystical...
  • M
    mystry replied to the thread The Varginha UFO.
    There is a press conference in Washington D.C. tomorrow related to this event (or "event") with firsthand witnesses, I read. There is also video footage people are considering such as YouTube clip Is this a real nonhuman being?
  • BoulderRiver
    BoulderRiver reacted to Rick Robson's post in the thread The Varginha UFO with Wow Wow.
    Funny how bad actors often end up getting away with it, even when a case is far from being resolved. That's why any thread about cases like this is a total waste of time, I'm definitely done with this whole thing, good bye!
  • JMartJr
    :) i dont know.. it was a pretty large group of children. all of them? that sounds iffy. But i dont think it's possible to belittle young children for being young children.
  • John J.
    two people in your lab would break into song? or just you? i think it happens to everyone, but like contrails.. until someone points them out or something makes you specifically notice them you dont even notice they are there because you are...
  • John J.
    (Edit to add: I think what you describe is just coincidence. It happens.) I'm aware of a different kind of synchronicity, which is devoid of woo although it often appears superficially that it might be. It is stimulus-driven, but the...
  • JMartJr
    JMartJr replied to the thread Debunking Humor....
    A nice example of the mutabillity of what seems like a very clear memory... I recall singing the song with my mother, the tune and lyrics are clear in my head but, even allowing for spelling nonsense words differently, what I recall cannot be...
  • NorCal Dave
    NorCal Dave reacted to Ann K's post in the thread Debunking Humor... with Funny Funny.
    And here I thought it was just gravity doing its thing.
  • NorCal Dave
    NorCal Dave reacted to RTM's post in the thread Debunking Humor... with Funny Funny.
  • NorCal Dave
    NorCal Dave reacted to John J.'s post in the thread Debunking Humor... with Funny Funny.
    "Bloody Hell Angus, when you said you'd take care of the kitty for the pub crawl, that's not what we had in mind."
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