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Ann K reacted to yoshy's post in the thread Study: Assessing correspondence between subjective reports and visual targets during attempted out-of-body experiences with
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A kind benefactor was able to send a copy of the paper to me. We can answer some of my questions now! I have attached the paper for interested folks. Note that some words are getting combined when I paste them in from the PDF. So if you see any... -
jon_eir reacted to jackfrostvc's post in the thread The Ariel School, Zimbabwe UFO sighting - has it ever been debunked? with
Funny.
The funniest kid testimony was the one who said he thought it was the gardener -
Mauro reacted to jon_eir's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Like.
Without getting too far into the technical arguments, my main problem with this series of papers is that they seem to keep building additional hypotheses on top of the 2021 result without first resolving some of the fundamental limitations of... -
Ann K reacted to NorCal Dave's post in the thread Study: Assessing correspondence between subjective reports and visual targets during attempted out-of-body experiences with
Wow.
Dean Radin, the journal's co-editor-in-chief,[8] published a paper in Explore on the effect on mood of eating chocolate which had been imbued with positive intent. With Dean Radin as the editor in chief, I wonder if Joseph McMoneagle was one of... -
Is that how Jaime Maussan got his start?
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jon_eir reacted to Ed_Bannock's post in the thread Welcome Thread - New Members Post Here with Like.
Hi, I'm Ed. I'm generally interested in investigating paranormal/supernatural claims.
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jon_eir replied to the thread The Ariel School, Zimbabwe UFO sighting - has it ever been debunked?.Credit for correcting me- having looked myself I agreed Mack no evidence he explicitly used Grof breathing techniques in Ariel. But there is evidence it was part of his standard operating procedure by then...
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JJB reacted to Giddierone's post in the thread The Ariel School, Zimbabwe UFO sighting - has it ever been debunked? with
Agree.
Agree. Also, Mack wasn't interested in a forensic analysis of what they saw, but only what they "experienced". There's no kind of structure to how his interviews were conducted that could allow for cross comparison. He was there because he was... -
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JMartJr reacted to FatPhil's post in the thread Study: Assessing correspondence between subjective reports and visual targets during attempted out-of-body experiences with Like.
There's a bit of a stench to this. Why were the seating arrangements different? Was seating arrangement part of the test protocol? If not, how can we be sure you remembered correctly, because you didn't write it down as it wasn't part of the...
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jon_eir reacted to Giddierone's post in the thread The Ariel School, Zimbabwe UFO sighting - has it ever been debunked? with Like.
Agree. Also, Mack wasn't interested in a forensic analysis of what they saw, but only what they "experienced". There's no kind of structure to how his interviews were conducted that could allow for cross comparison. He was there because he was...
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jon_eir reacted to Giddierone's post in the thread The Ariel School, Zimbabwe UFO sighting - has it ever been debunked? with Like.
I read quite a bit of the literature on interviewing children (which I cite here: https://revue.comitepara.be/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Scepticisme_Scientifique_12_2024_SI.pdf) and their reliability as eyewitnesses. Conclusions from other...
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Todd Feinman reacted to Ed_Bannock's post in the thread Welcome Thread - New Members Post Here with Like.
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Todd Feinman reacted to JJB's post in the thread The Ariel School, Zimbabwe UFO sighting - has it ever been debunked? with Like.
I think there's an important distinction between showing that certain interviewing practices are preferable and showing that the Ariel interviews are therefore unreliable. The protocol is designed primarily to maximize accurate recall from...
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Giddierone replied to the thread The Ariel School, Zimbabwe UFO sighting - has it ever been debunked?.Agree. Also, Mack wasn't interested in a forensic analysis of what they saw, but only what they "experienced". There's no kind of structure to how his interviews were conducted that could allow for cross comparison. He was there because he was...