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News Briefs 18-02-2016

I need to trepan myself like I need a hole in my head…

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Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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  1. China
    Where the search for aliens is more important than your own people, and all the commenters under the article care about is the telescope and what it does, despite the obvious title. Clearly I have lost hope in humanity and shall now take my leave.

  2. Atheism Re-Invented
    Here are some of my musings on the subject of ancient Atheism:

    Skepticism, scorn, and even outright denial of the state god Zeus-Ammon was openly expressed in the Age of Pericles. Philosophy of Athens gravitated toward applied/empirical knowledge (Gk. techne), practical wisdom (sophism), atheism, and humanism. Contemporary progressive thinkers included Anaxagoras/Nous (“nothing comes into being or is even destroyed”), Protagorus (“man is the measure of all things”), Prodikos of Ceos (“the ancients thought … everything that benefits the life of men were gods”), Diagoras of Melos (“god does not exist at all”), Daman (categorizer of poetic meter and musical forms), Critias (“man invented fear of the gods”), Democritus (“”either there is no truth or it is concealed from us [in the form of atoms]”, Nesiphilos (“cultivator of practical sagacity”), Parmenides (“nothing comes from nothing”), Antiphon of Athens (“by nature we all equally, both barbarians and Greeks, have an entirely similar origin”), and Gorgias (“nothing exists”). Traditional, conservative (elitist) philosophy was also taken to new heights by Socrates and his successors Plato and Aristotle in reaction to the “ungodly” sophists. Athens, like Akhet-aten of old, became both an intensely religious and irreligious place.

    http://www.domainofman.com/cgi-bin/bbs62x/webbbs_config.pl?md=read;id=12561
    http://www.domainofman.com/cgi-bin/bbs62x/webbbs_config.pl?md=read;id=2358

    1. question
      At the first link beneath your comment, I found this sentence:

      The Oedipus plays of Sophocles emphasized the inheritance of Theseus within the House of Laius/Erech-theus (Ea/Enki/Joseph).

      Could you please parse what all those names/people are after ‘House of”. Are they different names for the same person in different languages, countries, or texts, perhaps?

      Please excuse my caffeine deficiency — it’s too late in the day for another cup of coffee.

    1. WTF
      [quote=Roberta]What’s everyone’s view on the ‘Neuroscience of Ghosts’ article?[/quote]

      It’s yet another article written by someone who is not abreast of what gets revealed by some of the better ghost hunting crews. Whether these sorts of writers are just ignorant, willfully ignorant, or don’t want to validate what the equipment has revealed I cannot say, but the fact that they don’t even cite what the equipment is revealing makes me think they are just ignorant.

          1. I recommend you watch Ghost
            I recommend you watch Ghost Adventures when their tech guy is using some of his equipment. The visual evidence can be very compelling.

    2. view on ghost article
      Catchy title, but as the article admits, there is no neuroscience of ghosts.

      As the author says, this is because scientists have seen no credible evidence of ghosts, and therefore don’t research the issue.

      Also because, as a general rule, schizophrenics who see ‘ghosts’ know they need to get back on their meds. They don’t blog excitedly about their ‘paranormal experience’ on the internet.

      And psychiatrists don’t medicate people to get rid of their religious experiences. For one thing, they know if they tried to do that, they’d be legislated out of existence, or worse.

      I’d say, the author needs to engage in a much wider range of research before trying to write his next article – on any subject. Oh, this explains it.

      What’s your view on the article, Roberta?

      1. I don’t know to be honest.
        I don’t know to be honest. I’m starting to properly look into this stuff and I have no idea if the Neuroscience in that article can explain ghosts. It might explain feeling like someone is watching you or is in the room sometimes, other then that I’m not sure really.

  3. That is really interesting
    That is really interesting and whoever dont want to be, i mean it could be a nice approach by finding aliens instead of their own human … interesting.. by the way guys thanks to share these neuro concepts… kudos to all

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