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SciX Friday - "The Universe of Scotch and Häagen Dazs" = Multiverse options have a downside ... you knew that, right? Plus links and luck.

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"Originally, the burden of proof was on physicists to prove that time travel was possible. Now the burden of proof is on physicists to prove there must be a law forbidding time travel." - Michio Kaku ,   Time Travel/BrainyQuotes . OddsnEnds -  Princeton studied introverts and loners and it's all good.  "Researchers write that loners are “critical to understanding collective and social behaviors” across the animal kingdom." -  For example, if a pandemic of a coronavirus called, say, COVID-19, hit a species, the introverted shut-ins who stayed alone in their homes until they received vaccines would have a 100% survival rate. Their antisocial tendencies would make them invulnerable to the group threat.  -  Fast Company Boldly going when the PSI link kicks in . A Neuroscientist's take on synthetic telepathy, electrified ESP, and mind control. BoingBoing . [About that mind control from one who's been there. Interview with Paul Davids ... who voluntee...

Sci-Fi Short Film:" Wardrobe Malfunction" - News bites include Celebrity Ghosts, Bigfoot, Nessie and a Miracle.

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"Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye." - Bill Hicks , Telegraph, 10 Best of. Goodreads . *Forever Bill . *Content warning . OddsnEnds -  Russian Defense Ministry mag suggests they have PSI super soldiers who can crash computers and read documents in locked safes. Futurism . The guy who calls it nonsense would hope no one reads the CIA info on the Stargate Project - and takes a pass on all of Russell Targ' s work featured in the Documentary Third Eye Spies .  Angela Ford, one of the Stargate Remote Viewers:  Video . Nessie Webcam watcher Eoin O Faodhagain is having a fantastic year. He's already logged multiple images and video for 2019. Loch Ness Sightings . Have a look. Live Cam link . Ghosts of friends past. Olivia Newton John makes no secret of the fact she believes in an afterlife presence. One of the friends she says hovers nearby when she performs is John Denver. She mentions others who are supportive in spirit and ...

John Nelson (Author of The Magic Mirror) The Miracle of Anna and a few thoughts on Scrying.

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“A skeptic is a person who would ask God for his ID card.” - Edgar A. Shoaff (1904–1993), Writer, Satirist, Humorist OddsnEnds -  What happened just after the Big Bang? This telescope will tell us. Alien UFO Sightings . Mysteries Unsolved - Booms . Luke Air Force Base confirmed that their exercises produced sonic booms in the area on the same day, the times at which the base reported those booms occurred did not correspond with the times of the noises reported by residents. Mysterious Universe . UK UFO. Orange lights unidentified and decent video to demonstrate. Link . Ghost or no? Is it the Black Monk said to haunt this sight. Source . Even more interesting is the story behind the photo. The NDEr says paranormal things happen more frequently. He is unsure if what he saw was a ghost. It's simply unexplained. Fantastic service and wonderful timing! Drone finds lost dog . The story of Socks could have had a very sad ending if not for the drone. Hit by a car, injured, ...

SciXFriday - Eclipsed and Cropped ... humor sneaks into the (quantum) field

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"I worry once you've tried to change the world, you find it's easier to change your mind." - Jane Wagner, Fun with Jane: Book , Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe, LilyTomlin's Blog Odd and ends of interest --  Ticking down .. Solar Eclipse fever. It's all about the timing. Wired .. When Exactly? Wolfram   Cruise Marketing Brilliant!: Bonnie Tyler will be singing at the aha moment. Time   PS: PLEASE. Wear the glasses. CNN   Eclipse 'Debbie Downer' , the what could possibly go wrong angle. Throughout history there have been more than a few phobias and bad omens attached to eclipses. USAToday   In some Native American Traditions - viewing was discouraged. DailyMail Feature 2012   You decide. UFO flying in front of the Capitol Building in Washington? UFOSightingsHotspot   Monkey Biz - servers are the main attraction at a Japanese Bar - UPI Weekender Chillaxn' - 90's Sci-Fi movies - 20 count - includes Galaxy Quest -- or...

SciXFriday - Film Short and a Paranormal blend

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"Either that wallpaper goes, or I do." - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Irish dramatist. As he lay dying in Paris ... and so he went ... Misc. Links Researchers mined more than 37 billion publicly shared, geo-tagged tweets for evidence of personality traits to create a new interactive map of well-being. UPI   Find yourself (US) on the Map   Viral warm fuzzy. Dolphin knows exactly who to approach for a tummy rub. Mashable   Discovered a new cache of Paranormal true stories filed in the now defunct Open Vault /X-Project Paranormal Magazine. On that site, I chose this sample: Gravity . Here's the deal. Gravity is a similar theme in the story I heard regarding a local case from 2009. I tagged along as Psychic with a KC paranormal group on their investigation at the KU campus in Lawrence. ( I've spoken with Rob Garcia of Elite Paranormal about his EVP work. ) An aside from the official report, the on-site handyman shared his story, including several experiences ...