tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post3712802981910050272..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Reality, nightmares, and the paranormalGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-43617060406047547242015-11-18T14:35:02.716-08:002015-11-18T14:35:02.716-08:00Neither can we win! It comes down to a belief vers...Neither can we win! It comes down to a belief versus a lack thereof in philosophical materialism or naturalism. Eg, a model of consciousness as something "non-physical or supernatural" (=we don't understand it) received and transmitted by the brain, versus something which arises out of electro chemical processes by as yet imprecisely defined and understood mechanisms...which themselves were formed by bumbling chance. It can be a two way street between changes in consciousness and electrochemical ones in the receiver-transmitter hypothesis. At the end of the day we as of yet really don't know and have our biases.Vassohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07430834872616686148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-4330957114787169902015-11-17T11:34:13.778-08:002015-11-17T11:34:13.778-08:00The fact that so many people have the same delusio...The fact that so many people have the same delusions and hallucinations only makes the whole paranormal arena more fascinating to me. It all fits with my hopelessly unscientific theory that humans are hard wired for magical thinking.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00122085534876607443noreply@blogger.com