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Old 07-27-2019, 03:37 PM
 
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Or, as he has admitted upthread, he has no scientific validation or support, so he feels justified in making stuff up.
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Old 07-27-2019, 03:53 PM
 
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Or, as he has admitted upthread, he has no scientific validation or support, so he feels justified in making stuff up.
As long as you believe reductionist materialism is an accurate representation of our Reality, you will be prevented from seeing any supporting evidence underlying my extrapolations and hypotheses.
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Old 07-27-2019, 04:02 PM
 
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[...]seeing any supporting evidence underlying my extrapolations and hypotheses.
There is a word for that - apophenia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia
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Old 07-27-2019, 04:46 PM
 
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As long as you believe reductionist materialism is an accurate representation of our Reality, you will be prevented from seeing any supporting evidence underlying my extrapolations and hypotheses.
Perhaps you should have started by making a case that there is a better paradigm for investigating and understanding reality aside from the scientific method.

Although I note that you don't shy away from misusing the trappings of the scientific method when you think it will confuse somebody and get them to agree with you.
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Old 07-27-2019, 04:54 PM
 
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Perhaps you should have started by making a case that there is a better paradigm for investigating and understanding reality aside from the scientific method.

Although I note that you don't shy away from misusing the trappings of the scientific method when you think it will confuse somebody and get them to agree with you.
The scientific method is the best way to investigate our Reality, but the reductionist materialist philosophy that is an outgrowth of it ignores the current findings. That is what results in a flawed understanding of the actual composition of our Reality.
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Old 07-27-2019, 04:57 PM
 
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The scientific method is the best way to investigate our Reality, but the reductionist materialist philosophy that is an outgrowth of it ignores the current findings. That is what results in a flawed understanding of the actual composition of our Reality.
Another assertion from Mystic with no backup.

Your groundless claims are getting very old.
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Old 07-27-2019, 05:34 PM
 
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Another assertion from Mystic with no backup.

Your groundless claims are getting very old.
Your mindless layman accusations are beyond tedious.
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Old 07-27-2019, 06:03 PM
 
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The scientific method is the best way to investigate our Reality, but the reductionist materialist philosophy that is an outgrowth of it ignores the current findings. That is what results in a flawed understanding of the actual composition of our Reality.
The scientific method WITH peer review. You refuse the latter and still want to call it science.
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Old 07-28-2019, 04:42 AM
 
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I had to go back 5 pages to find a post about death (you know, the topic of this thread). Let's get back on topic and leave the nonsense for some other discussion form.
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Old 07-29-2019, 11:11 AM
 
Location: On the Edge of the Fringe
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Take people in comas for instance. Their bodies are stationary, being kept alive by machines. But when they regain conscious, their bodies are fully operational without the use of machines, because their conscious has regained full control.



Rinse and repeat.

Ummm....not quite

https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.or...586-3/fulltext

Go get that second year med school book off your shelf and restudy the parts about Neurology and metabolism
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