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Uncle Joe

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20. Except that it seems more primordial to me as the heaviest demographic experiencing

Reply to Martin68 (Reply #19)

Tue Jun 18, 2024, 12:37 PM

Jun 2024

"being watched" in their experiments per the OP were children under the age of 9.

Having said that I do believe the sub-conscious plays the predominant role in those feelings.

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Evidence That Your Mind is NOT Just In Your Brain - Rupert Sheldrake [View all] Uncle Joe Jun 2024 OP

Real men stare at goats. Arne Jun 2024 #1

GOATS DECLASSIFIED: The True Story Behind The Men Who Stare At Goats Uncle Joe Jun 2024 #2

Teachings of Don Huan when I was young Arne Jun 2024 #5

really enjoy Rupert Sheldrake. Previously encountered his talks on Morphic Resonance. Thank you. somaticexperiencing Jun 2024 #3

Fascinating dickthegrouch Jun 2024 #4

Sounds like pure pseudo science to me. The senses are useless without the processing of sensory information Martin68 Jun 2024 #6

I'd say the same thing if it hadn't been tested, verified, and replicated. Warpy Jun 2024 #7

Olfactory signals are meaningless until processed by the brain. The same goes for sensory information from the eyes, Martin68 Jun 2024 #9

I was just looking for an answer to satsfy the materialist thinkers Warpy Jun 2024 #11

Well, we're made of sub-atomic particles and observing sub-atomic particles changes their behavior. Uncle Joe Jun 2024 #15

It's as good as any and will impress pople who can't name a sub atomic particle. Warpy Jun 2024 #16

Instinct resides in the brain. Martin68 Jun 2024 #17

Yes. However from which sense; does the brain receive the "being watched" information Uncle Joe Jun 2024 #18

I assume instinct coordinates information from all the senses in addition to memories from relevant experiences Martin68 Jun 2024 #19

Except that it seems more primordial to me as the heaviest demographic experiencing Uncle Joe Jun 2024 #20

modern science is still in it's infancy. cynical_idealist Jun 2024 #8

In many ways that's true, but it certainly is less of an infancy than it was 100 years ago, not to mention 2,000 years Martin68 Jun 2024 #10

Anyone familiar with the work NJCher Jun 2024 #12

It sure felt as if I did in the 1980s to Jonathan Parker's meditation tapes Uncle Joe Jun 2024 #13

Surprised I didn't know about this NJCher Jun 2024 #14