Author: Roger
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The 17th Witness for Consciousness Surviving Death: Psychiatrist Bernard Laubscher
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In my essay for the Bigelow contest of 2021, I presented a simulated present-day court trial in which The Survival School contends that consciousness survives death in a greater reality, while arguing that the evidence for such survival was overwhelming before 1920. I offered the testimony of 11 pre-1920 scholars and scientists, including…
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Afterlife: The Next Great Adventure
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When I was in high school, I developed a unique scale for measuring my level of happiness. I called it the “4 Gs.” The Gs were grades, golf (I was on the school golf team), girls, and God (the Big G). I realized that if my life was running smoothly…
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Are Underwater UFOs an Imminent Threat? The U.S. Government Sure Thinks So—And Here’s the Proof
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Legislators went so far as to formally change the way they refer to UFO sightings over and under bodies of water. In 1992, “multiple witnesses” in California reported that more than 200 disk-shaped objects soundlessly exited Santa Monica Bay waters, hovered for a moment, and then sped away into the…
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Why UFO Footage Plays Tricks on Your Mind, According to the Guy Who Investigates It
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The recent hubbub over the “Jellyfish UFO” shows your brain’s desire for novelty can block out the truth. In January, a well-known UFO influencer, Jeremy Corbell, shared footage of something the public has started calling the “jellyfish UFO.” The footage shows “a mysterious object that appears to have dangling tendrils, and which appears to…
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The Air Force Asked This Man to Investigate UFOs—Then Pushed Him Away After What He Found
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His job was to uncover secrets from the unknown. But his curiosity opened doors that the government preferred to keep closed. This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Do you think the U.S. government is hiding, and possibly reverse-engineering, extraterrestrial technology? Think again. Or better yet, don’t think about it at…
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A Groundbreaking Scientific Discovery Shows That We Can Reverse Death
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New experiments raise important questions about what it means to die. Editor’s Note: This is one of Popular Mechanics’ greatest stories. It was initially published in December 2022. On December 9, 2013, 13-year-old Jahi McMath was checked in to Oakland Children’s Hospital in California for a routine tonsillectomy. She had sleep apnea and…
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Your Consciousness Persists After You Die, New Research Suggests—Meaning There Are Hidden Layers to Death
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Do we need to redefine what dying truly means? Some experts think so. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story… Death—and what happens when it happens—is one of nature’s greatest mysteries. Clinical death is currently understood as an immediate, irreversible event that occurs once circulation stops and brain activity is no longer…
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Your Consciousness Shifts to a Parallel Universe When You Die, Bold Theory Suggests
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Perhaps we really are immortal, according to quantum physics. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story… Our consciousness persists throughout our whole lives. From the moment we wake up to the moment we fall asleep, it’s the thing that is constantly with us, shaping our perception. So, when we…
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Scientists Think Time Could Move Fast and Slow All at Once. They’re About to Prove It.
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Ultraprecise atomic clocks could test the idea that time moves at multiple speeds. Jose A. Bernat Bacete//Getty Images Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: To those of us living on Earth, time appears relatively immutable. Except for some clever bits of human intervention, one second inexorably ticks by…
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The Complete Guide to Using a Ouija Board Properly
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Carlos Guimaraes/EyeEm/Getty Images An Ouija board is easy to use, but it not’s meant to be a solo activity. Read More – The Complete Guide to Using a Ouija Board Properly
