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Epiphany and Insight: When Solutions Appear

Epiphany and Insight: When Solutions Appear

Series: Anomalous Cognition | Part: 5 of 9 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: epiphany, insight, aha moment, neuroscience, creativity, incubation Archimedes in his bath. Newton under the apple tree. Kekulé dreaming of snakes biting their tails. The history of discovery is punctuated by sudden insights—moments when solutions appear complete, seemingly

Mystical Experience: The Neuroscience of Unity

Mystical Experience: The Neuroscience of Unity

Series: Anomalous Cognition | Part: 4 of 9 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: mystical experience, psilocybin, meditation, ego dissolution, neuroscience, consciousness Feeling one with everything. The dissolution of self. Infinite love. Absolute certainty of a deeper reality. Mystical experiences have been reported across cultures, religions, and millennia. They've shaped

Near-Death Experience: The Neuroscience of Dying

Near-Death Experience: The Neuroscience of Dying

Series: Anomalous Cognition | Part: 3 of 9 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: near-death experience, NDE, neuroscience, consciousness, dying brain, out-of-body experience A tunnel of light. Deceased relatives. A life review. A sense of profound peace. The feeling of leaving the body. Millions of people have reported these experiences after coming

Precognition: Can We Know the Future?

Precognition: Can We Know the Future?

Series: Anomalous Cognition | Part: 2 of 9 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: precognition, Daryl Bem, presentiment, replication crisis, psi research In 2011, a distinguished social psychologist published a paper claiming to demonstrate precognition—the ability to know events before they happen. Daryl Bem's paper, "Feeling the Future,

What Anomalies Teach Us: A Synthesis

What Anomalies Teach Us: A Synthesis

Series: Anomalous Cognition | Part: 9 of 9 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: anomalous experience, consciousness, cognition, epistemology, edge cases, synthesis We've spent eight articles examining the strange edges of human experience—telepathy, precognition, near-death experiences, mystical states, sudden insight, prophecy, synchronicity, and the consciousness problem itself. What have

Consciousness and the Paranormal: The Hard Problem Connection

Consciousness and the Paranormal: The Hard Problem Connection

Series: Anomalous Cognition | Part: 8 of 9 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: consciousness, hard problem, paranormal, materialism, dualism, philosophy of mind Here's something strange about the anomalous cognition debates: they keep pointing to consciousness. Telepathy implies mind-to-mind connection. Precognition implies consciousness relating to time in unexpected ways. Near-death

Synchronicity: Meaningful Coincidence or Apophenia?

Synchronicity: Meaningful Coincidence or Apophenia?

Series: Anomalous Cognition | Part: 7 of 9 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: synchronicity, Jung, meaningful coincidence, apophenia, probability, cognitive bias You're thinking about someone you haven't talked to in years. The phone rings. It's them. You dream about an old friend. The next day,