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Speculations and Physics

By: Sam Vaknin, Ph. D.

...the dual equivalent of weakly interacting five-branes (solitons) (Duff, Scientific American, February 1998). Later, a duality between solitonic and... ...nducted at the Parapsychology Laboratory of North Carolina's Duke University by the American psychologist Joseph Banks Rhine and in the more recent ... ...hat were once considered paranormal and then perinormal (e.g., hypnotism). As many scholars noted, psi (psychic) and other anomalous phenomena and ... ...versal constants (like in physics). Experimentation in the field is constrained by legal and ethical rules. Human subjects tend to be opinionated, ... ...e Shattered Identity The Matrix Return Turing Machines and Universes In 1936 an American (Alonzo Church) and a Briton (Alan M. Turing) published... ...psychoactive medication alters behavior and mood is indisputable. So do illicit and legal drugs, certain foods, and all interpersonal interactions. ... ...f New York, notes in his article " The Lying Truths of Psychiatry " , mental health scholars, regardless of academic predilection, infer the etiolog... ...versal constants (like in physics). Experimentation in the field is constrained by legal and ethical rules. Humans tend to be opinionated, develop ... ...ht: One camp identify the substrate (brain) with its product (mind). Some of these scholars postulate the existence of a lattice of preconceived, b...

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