by Phil Braham | Nov 10, 2021 | Atheism, Religion and mysticism, Scepticism, Science
Out of body experience Some years ago I was listening to an interview with an atheist researcher (I forget her name now) who put volunteers who could initiate out of body experiences into an MRI machine whilst monitoring their brain activity. She asked one of the...
by Phil Braham | Apr 29, 2021 | General, Religion and mysticism, Science, The universe
The universe as a brain The concept that the universe is like a hologram is not new. In fact it is the title of a book by Michael Talbot. A hologram is a three-dimensional photograph taken using lasers. Making a hologram A laser beam is split so that one path is...
by Phil Braham | Apr 20, 2021 | Atheism, General, Scepticism, Science, The universe
The Darwinian view of evolution The classic Darwinism theory of evolution is very simply explained as follows: Every organism in the process of reproducing produces random mutations. These mutations may result in no apparent affect to the offspring up to an affect...
by Phil Braham | Mar 10, 2021 | General, Religion and mysticism, The universe
The galaxy and the divine spiral For most people what they think of as their consciousness is really their ego. We are ruled by sensations and the reaction to these sensations: what we like or don’t like. In general, people seek out what they enjoy and run away...
by Phil Braham | Jan 21, 2021 | General, Psychology, Religion and mysticism, Science, The universe
Speeding up time There’s a perception that some people have that time is speeding up. That is, a minute now seems shorter than a minute, say, ten years ago. Sceptics of course debunk this claim as being ‘scientifically inaccurate’, but there is some evidence...
by Phil Braham | Nov 30, 2020 | General, Psychology, Religion and mysticism, The universe
Suspension bridge I’ve written before about left and right brained thinking. One of the characteristics of left-brained thinkers is that they think in binary. The left side of the brain deals in patterns so thoughts and concepts are put into boxes: an object is a...
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