Tom Butler 
Opinion 5 Abstract If we are immortal personality experiencing a lifetime as a human, is it possible our pets also serve as an avatar for an immortal personality? If so, is it reasonable to extend the logic to say our computers might also be sentient; perhaps not now, but in the future? This essay is … Read more
Opinion 4 Abstract This Opinion uses a research report published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration to address my concerns with what I have come to think of as Failure to Replicate reports. Such reports appear to be legitimate science conducted by Ph.Ds. that show the phenomena have not been replicated under scientifically controlled conditions. The … Read more
Rating Survival-Related Paranormalist Media Abstract The objective of this practice is to establish a meaningful measure which can be used by readers to rate paranormalist community media. (1) It will give people a way to tell future experiencers what to expect by assigning a value on a five-star scale. The rating is also intended to … Read more
Abstract A model designed to represent an aspect of reality requires a ruleset that describes the relationship amongst the functional areas. James Carpenter’s First Sight Theory has proven to be a useful ruleset for the operation of the perception and expression functions in the Attention Complex (mind) modeled in the Implicit Cosmology. This essay is … Read more
Opinion 2 Abstract The study of metaphysics requires a cosmology based on function models that will react to known circumstances to produces expected experiences. Until I learned about Rupert Sheldrake’s Hypothesis of Formative Causation, the only approach to such a model that seemed even marginally useful was based on characteristics of the Mandelbrot Set. This … Read more
This essay introduces a new blog. The objective is to highlight important topics to help paranormalists gain understanding about psychic and survival-related experiences. Emphasis will be on possible best practices, useful theories and techniques. Aspects of the community which tend to hinder progress will also be addressed. The tone will be a call to action … Read more