Posts Categorized: Science

Robert Perry on the Science of Synchronicity

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Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for an interview with Robert Perry, author of, Signs: A New Approach to Coincidence, Synchronicity, Guidance, Life Purpose, and God’s Plan. During the interview Perry explains his research: Robert Perry:  CMPE which stands for a Conjunction of Meaningfully Parallel Events. It’s basically an extreme form of synchronicity. Most of our… Read more »

Nancy Evans Bush on Encountering Near Death Experience Hell

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Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for an interview with Nancy Evans Bush, author of, Dancing Past the Dark: Distressing Near-Death Experiences. During the interview Bush discusses how negative near death experiences are researched: Alex Tsakiris:   On one hand I understand the need to talk about these negative near death experiences, the need to put it… Read more »

Dr. Jeffrey Kripal On Science Fiction As a “Trojan Horse” For the Paranormal

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Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for an interview with Rice University Professor of Philosophy and Religious Thought, and author of, Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal, Dr. Jeffrey Kripal. During the interview Kripal discusses how science and culture affect our worldview: Alex Tsakiris: It’s also interesting how you used the term… Read more »

Dr. Raymond Moody On Understanding Near-Death Experiences as Nonsense

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Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for an interview with renown near-death experience research and author of, Paranormal: My Life in Pursuit of the Afterlife. During the interview Moody discusses the role of logic and nonsense in studying the near-death experience: Alex Tsakiris:   Is it rigor and the logic that we’re missing or is there something… Read more »

Dr. Melvin Morse On Why Doctors Don’t Listen to Near-Death Experience Accounts

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Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for an interview with near-death experience researcher and author of, Touched by the Light, Dr. Melvin Morse. During the interview Morse discusses why science has not fully accepted the near-death experience: Alex Tsakiris: One of the big debates is whether we have veridical evidence of an out-of-body experience.  But to… Read more »