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Yes, it's a bit of an odd h1, website also looks very Claude-generated, but regardless, probably most people understand the intent.

Many such open source projects already (which is fantastic). I lose track of them. Today it happened I needed a simple way to embed & query 1TB+ of documents, and I was looking at …

It's incredible when it finally clicks. Arguably the best thing you can do is simply keep a dream journal (aside from deliberately waking up in the middle of the night and falling …

Is lobbying the same as corruption? Would you say the same thing about the covid vaccination campaigns during the Biden administration? Because billions of dollars were poured into…

If you're going to make the comparison with vaccines, and if history is any indication, the more realistic worry would be the other way around (since that's where the money is): th…

Those astronauts maintain normal CO2 levels, and divers can experience increased CO2 buildup if they don't exhale properly, which is the opposite. It's not made up. Plenty of peopl…

Surveying people is pretty important in a study like this, and valid science. Regardless, if you read the paper, you'd learn that they did do objective measurements, namely etCO2 l…

Do I read this right? Is the author really saying "parapsychology is false" simply because of the possibility of fraud or negligence in the replicated studies? Jumping to conclusio…

You are right that he is making some heavy-handed generalizations, but then again, he is replying to the OP making a very populist generalization about people with wealth as well, …

> Capitalism generates crap software. As opposed to state-funded software development, which is renowed for its high quality and innovation.

The comment they are replying to suggests taking down all the major social media networks by government force ("Just get rid of all of them"). Arguably, even if you are not prohibi…

I mean, the whole point of the site is to highlight what the Nixon shock left in its wake since 1971. It truly was special in that regard. I'd highly recommend reading the book "Br…

Why? I mean, nobody forces you to use tech tools for lucid dreaming. This is like saying science and technology should stay out of the area of... whatever, say, running. Nobody for…

I mean, there's galantamine... Although the experience for me is different than a naturally induced lucid dream. (And in many countries it's a prescription drug for dementia, so do…

The experience indeed can be very much like the "Oasis" video game that runs entirely on fast transformer inference. Dream reality works by association and expectation rather than …

True, with the lottery the information density is a lot higher. In market predictions with binary outcomes, you really only need 1 bit of "information transfer". And about the econ…

I did say my preface does sound like a rationalization... The difference with religious arguments is: here we can gather statistical evidence, build better experimental protocols a…

Can you please explain why coordinate-based vs. image-based RV is relevant here? I mean, if you assume psi is possible, sure, then it's a valid criticism that this is a confounding…

Please read before replying first.

I'm sorry, but comments like this have no place on HN. If you read what I wrote, you would've seen the reference to one example published in Brain & Behavior, so yes, there is peer…

Phew... where to start? I think before randomly citing research, it's best to approach this subject theoretically first. Assume "psi" exists. Purely as a thought experiment. What d…

This oversimplifies decades of research. While early remote viewing studies at SRI had methodological flaws, later experiments at SAIC addressed these issues and produced statistic…

In general: technoetic software - tools for exploring consciousness through technology. I have this idea to try to revive the terms "technoetics" and "psionics". I feel like there'…

Did you try moving & touching stuff while flying far away? The thing about flying very far is that you're probably in the same fixed Superman position, not really moving your dream…

It's pretty easy. If you're the type of person who rarely dreams, it takes about a month or so. First consciously cultivate interest in your own dreams (through dream journaling, a…