An earlier universe existed before the Big Bang – Sarah Kapton
An earlier universe existed before the Big Bang and can still be observed today, Sir Roger Penrose has said, as he received the Nobel Prize for Physics.
Systems of Categories Distinguishing Cultural Biases
Tony Judge offers this interesting comparative analysis of different forms of categorisation.
Marjorie Woollacott TV Interview on End of Life Experiences
Galileo commission adivser Marjorie Woollacott is interviewed by Northwest TV on End of Life Experiences, including Terminal Lucidity.
WHAT IS LIFE? #25 Tim Freke and David Lorimer
In this podcast episode, professional affiliate Tim Freke and the Chair of the Galileo Commission David Lorimer sit down to discuss Being, consciousness, science, the Galileo Commission Report and much more.
October 2020 Newsletter
October 2020 Newsletter
The man who destroyed skepticism – Mitch Horowtiz
I sympathize with those who want to challenge credulity and generalized references to psychical phenomena — and all the more with researchers and investigators who expose frauds. I sympathize, too, with those who have lost a man, a friend, and a spouse. But to the intellectual community, and anyone concerned with critical inquiry in general, Randi's legacy should serve as a cautionary tale and a call to restore sound practices when discussing or writing about contentious topics in science or any field. These are things that a showman can deter but never erase.
MTE Podcast #11: The Science of Spirituality with David Lorimer
Science is full of metaphors of becoming and interconnectedness. If we could catch ourselves up as a culture with this view and make it primary, we would realise we’re all embedded in the same life, the same consciousness, and the same system.
What Does Spirituality Mean to Us? A Study of Spirituality in the US
The Fetzer Institute, a Galileo Commission partner, conducted a study to gain an insight into the spiritual lives of people across the
Knowledge Processes Neglected by Science – Anothny Judge
As a self-acclaimed exemplar of appropriate behaviour, is it useful to see authoritative science as engaged in game-playing to be fruitfully compared with the traditional fair-ground confidence trickery of "find the lady" -- in this case the "lady" being science itself. With highly principled religions and political ideologies, a form of definitional game-playing is used to ensure that outsiders are confused in their efforts to define science (and attribute irresponsibility and blame to it appropriately). Every detected inadequacy is held to be "not-science" -- science necessarily always wins that game, as with religions and political ideologies.
Bernardo Kastrup, PhD
Bernardo Kastrup's work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence).
Can Science Be Practiced in a Dream World? – Philip Comella
It seems better to build a worldview upon the correct metaphysics and then carry out science, rather than to assume one must believe in an erroneous world model as the price for carrying out a logical, systematic, objective study of the world.
The Love of Truth and the Truth of Love – Bertrand Russell
Among the thirty-five subjects included in the book, alongside Martin Luther King, Edith Sitwell, and Carl Jung, was the Nobel-winning English mathematician, logician, philosopher, and sanity steward Bertrand Russell (May 18, 1872–February 2, 1970), whom I continue to consider one of the most lucid and luminous minds our civilization has produced, and by far the philosopher whose ideas — ideas at the rare and necessary nexus of science and humanitarianism — I most admire in totality.
Free Webinar: Near-death experience without dying? – R. Hesse
Join Houston IANDS in an experiential journey of discovery backed by neuroscientific studies. The presentation will be in two parts - contemplative experience and comparative research - each followed by a discussion with a break in-between. The final discussion will focus on how the two presentations relate.
Interview with Charles Tart – White Crow Books
It’s dogma in scientistic materialism, and, as in any fundamentalist religion, dogma is not open to examination. The Church of Materialism can be very dogmatic and has its Inquisitors, the pseudo-skeptics, working vigorously to stamp out Heresy.
September 2020 Newsletter
September 2020 Newsletter
Sentient Evolution – Alan Rayner
Ultimately the evolution of life is neither the predictable outcome of an enforced competition nor an enforced collaboration within a fixed arena, but a continuing creative exploration of a field of ever-changing possibility.
Film with Bernard Carr – Back Holes, Cosmology and the Limits of Science
In this film Bernard Carr maintains that science is continually evolving. He draws upon examples from cosmology and black holes to make this point. He also reflects on his relationship with Stephen Hawking who was his faculty advisor and mentor. He suggests that science will not be complete until it can incorporate both mind and spirit.
Harald Walach – Towards a Postmaterialist Science
In this presentation, Halard Walach summarises the Galileo Commission Report in a talk for the Society for Scientific Exploration.
Controversial TEDTalk about Psychic Abilities – Russell Targ
Conceived under a TEDx license as inspiration to change our fundamental value system to where mutual concern is as important as self-interest is, this talk was part of a daylong program, "Brother, Can You Spare a Paradigm?," produced by Suzanne Taylor.
WHAT IS LIFE? #24 Tim Freke and Ervin Laszlo
In this short podcast episode, Tim and Ervin discussed Ervin Laszlo's notion of the Akashic field of information that underlies the universe, which resonates closely with ideas Tim Freke is exploring in his Unividualist philosophy. Ervin said after the episode to Tim: 'I enjoyed our chat — truly substantive. The deepest questions.'
A Mind is Always Present: Materialism’s Fatal Flaw – Philip Comella
To the degree scientists take mind out of the physical world they must use greater theorizing power to imagine how this mindless stuff assembled itself into world of perfect order. But a mind is always present, either out in the world organizing the dream, or in the mind of the theorist imagining how mindless stuff evolved into a world.
Corona & Beyond: Transpersonal Perspectives
This free summer series of online dialogues and embodied creative reflections expands on themes that emerged in our June session “Corona and Beyond: Transitioning to a new paradigm”, to explore transpersonal perspectives on the global pandemic and our individual, social and collective responses.
Film with Bernard Carr – Hyperspace, Consciousness, and Time
In this film, Galileo Commission adviser Bernard Carr shares his theoretical thinking about how consciousness and psychic phenomena can best be integrated into theoretical physics. He further describes the history of thinking regarding hyperspace as well as his own preferred models of consciousness. He also shares some insights into the nature of time and the "specious present" that we experience as human organisms.
Returning from death – Interview with Pim van Lommel
In this interview for KOSMOS magazine, Galileo Commisison adviser Dr Pim van Lommel shares insights from his work on near-death experiences, the findings from his renowned 2001 Dutch study, and how these findings relate to consciousness and the brain. Finally, Pim reflects that after 30 years of investigation into near-death experiences, not only has his own perspective on life changed, but his views on science have evolved too
Is the Universe Conscious? – Max Velmans
In this talk, given at a seminar on 7th July 2020, Galileo Commission adviser Max Velmans suggests a different way to understand the many ways in which humans and other sentient beings are natural expressions of a reflexive, self-observing universe and the many ways in which this universe might be conscious.