Expanding on Consciousness Parapsychology and consciousness with Dr. Dean Radin, author and Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Science (IONS)
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Jun 21, 2022 AI Snips
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Why Academia Resists New Ideas
- Academic resistance often stems from identity tied to established ideas and career incentives rather than pure scientific critique.
- Radin cites Max Planck's idea that science advances as older paradigms are replaced over generations.
Psi Research As Consciousness Science
- Studying psi is effectively studying consciousness and its role in the physical world, including implications for free will and meaning.
- Parapsychological findings probe whether mind and brain are identical and test mystics' claims with empirical methods.
Information Over Force
- Researchers now favor information-based models over force-based models to explain psi, treating pattern as primary.
- This shift parallels trends in physics toward considering information as more fundamental than particles or forces.