• Life and Politics in the World Beyond Death

    Life and Politics in the World Beyond Death

    Afterlife researchers are impressed by how closely the afterworld resembles our physical planet, so much so that many who die think they are still alive. In many other ways the two worlds are similar, which will become obvious as you read on. In this article I’ll speculate a little more than usual.  One thing is certain.

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  • Is Future Psychical Research Merely ‘Reinventing the Wheel’?

    Is Future Psychical Research Merely ‘Reinventing the Wheel’?

    It was recently announced that the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) received a £2-million donation (approximately $2.65-million in U.S. currency) from Professor Yew-Kwang Ng, emeritus professor of economics at Monash University in Australia. It is apparently intended specifically for “survival research” and is believed to be the largest endowment ever to fund such research.  It was

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  • AI on the Certainty of Life After Death

    AI on the Certainty of Life After Death

    It has been suggested by various philosophers that having absolute certainty of consciousness surviving death is not in humanity’s best interest.  To put it another way, some doubt on this concern is necessary for humanity to flourish.  I was curious as to what Artificial Intelligence (AI) has to say on this matter and asked for “its” thoughts. 

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  • ‘No easy explanation’: Scientists are debating a 70-year-old UFO mystery as new images come to light

    ‘No easy explanation’: Scientists are debating a 70-year-old UFO mystery as new images come to light

    Two new peer-reviewed papers claim thousands of unexplained light flashes in vintage Palomar telescope images show statistical ties to nuclear tests and UFO reports. Not everyone agrees with the paper’s conclusion. One night in 1952, five transient objects (blue circles) appeared and disappeared within an hour, archival sky surveys show. Scientists are digging into the

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  • Abduction Attempt in Lodi, California, 1896

    Abduction Attempt in Lodi, California, 1896

    Over 60 years before alien abduction claims became mainstream, two people were nearly abducted in Lodi, California. Colonel H. G. Shaw, along with his friend Camille Spooner, had a close encounter with previously unknown entities, traveling with their UFO in 1896. Shaw was in charge of putting together an exhibition to be displayed at a

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