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@Randall Thanks for the synopsis of how you see it from Alberta itself. Valuable perpective. Whatever I've read it does seem to be mainly about money flowing east and Albertans not benefitting from their own wealth (as seen by some). Plus there...

✅ TIP: I feel for you — t sucks when that happens. After it happened to me a few times, I learned to highlight and copy longer replies before hitting "Post reply" so that if necessary, I can paste it back into a separate post along with a link to...

@Burnt State Oh lawsy me! I just spent a good long time answering your post. I wound up going back into the post to add some stuff - took a lot of time - and when I hit 'post' I was told I'd past the 15 minute editing window - and I have...

I had forgotten myself. Highlight a chunk of text from the OP and then hit the +quote button. Do this as often as you like. Then go to the message area at the motton of the thread and click inside there and click the insert quotes button. All...

I just did a Google AI search for the emotional context of the word "bracing", and that's what it said — but now I see that it mentions your intended context as well. Thanks for clarifying :) !

That's a unique meaning of the word. Context is all. Bracing means invigorating or refreshing, often used to describe cold weather that energizes you. It can also refer to something that strengthens or supports. So bracing in the context I used...

Persinger — The Genius Scientist the CIA Wants to Keep Secret Dr. Michael Persinger, a pioneering neuroscientist who delved into the mysterious connection between the brain, geomagnetics, and consciousness.

The God Helmet: Can Science Fake a Spiritual Experience? A bit to wade through — but some interesting archival footage Like a Russian woman with telekinesis.

Probably the most solid scientific evidence for a link between consciousness and the paranormal comes from the work of Michael Persinger. Another thread...

I'm not seeing any way to unpack that "belief" without making some vague assumptions. Perhaps it would help if you could elaborate on the concept of "the original consciousness", what you mean by "we" and what ( objectively speaking ) the "part"...

Where I left off with Hoffman, and why I thought he was relevant to the paranormal discussion, was his claims around evolution and sensory perception. Creatures that are successful on planet earth have exactly the sensory capacities that they...

Great story

I miss the many strange personalities from back in the day. I learned so much from @trainedobserver about UFO's and enjoyed some of the exceptional insights some of the posters had. And now this forum is ridiculously inactive compared to where...

I agree but I still believe that all of North America (including Canada) and the UK and Ireland contribute less than 4 per cent of what India or China contribute to global warming. Until that changes I don't give a shit.

I'm still working on a Win7 4 core AMD PC. People are practically throwing them away.

Physical evidence may be the best but witness testimony shouldn't be ignored. Our understanding of reality. A more advanced civilization can appear very "magical" to one more primitive. I certainly don't. "Look after your planet" is just a...

The planet has always heated up and cooled down as it will after we are all gone. America and the UK contribution to Global emissions is less than four per cent. Give me a shout everyone when we've convinced India and China to stop industrialization.

True as that is — humans are still a contributory factor. The things is that we're not as big a contributory factor as climate politics would have us believe. Just like with COVID, they claim there's a scientific consensus — when there's not, and...

An interesting usage of the word "bracing" — the act of preparing oneself, often unconsciously, for an anticipated negative experience, such as disappointment, criticism, rejection, or emotional pain. It is a psychological self-protective stance...

Back when I was active here Angel of Loren was already a very rare presence, if at all. That was 10+ years ago. Goggs Mackay was an active and very fair moderator. Those were strange tumultuous times. Just wondering - why do you want to...

That's the gist of it, but I think the phrase "owed a living" also implies a certain attitude on the part of the user, not too far removed from other phrases like, "Get a real job." or "Do something useful with your life." It suggests an...

It’s a turn of phrase probably used more commonly in the UK & in a general context. In that it’s unrealistic to expect that one’s hobby interest,or all consuming passion,would be able to be financially viable of itself. With any fringe subject...

@Burnt State BTW before I start, I've forgotten how to give a quote but split it up in an answer. How does one do that? So my 'take' on Bigelow - and especially Skinwalker Ranch. I recall there was something Gene and Chris were doing from...

What's your take on Bigelow then? Unlike Musk, he actually put in a sincere and concentrated effort with real scientists and cash through NIDS and his days at Skinwalker Ranch, as well as his siphoning of all the UFO reports. He even had Vallee...

You have been playing in it all along :p Yep. I mean okay sure — maybe familiarization is on some alien's priority list someplace. My point is still that we don't really know. I've read a couple of his books, but don't recall anything about...

Well — Musk might not have seen any aliens, but I don't have much doubt that they've seen him — or at least that Roadster he launched into space :p

Florida GOP candidate: I was abducted by aliens but that doesn’t define me

I had said I'd start a new thread - but its not happened. :) Just to say, I've always been influenced by Elon Musk's statements about the topic - and he says he hasn't seen any evidence of aliens. And if anyone would know, he would.

Wow, there's been a lot of discussion on this thread in the week or two since I was here. Well done! I haven't been able to read it all but I thought you guys might find this prediction made on the Glenn Beck Show last week interesting. The...

In order to get a purchase on the discussion I prefer to use the best of research that has come before us. The dividing line between experiential and event anomalies are made quite clear by Clark. One we can use to scratch our heads with and add...