There was an interesting article that popped up in my newsfeed today over at the MedicalExpress website regarding a new theory of consciousness proposed by Johnjoe McFadden at the University of Surrey. He proposes that the electromagnetic field generated by functioning neurons is responsible for consciousness and free will. I find interesting connections with my fictional yuon field in my …
More on Navy UFO Reports
As a follow-up to my last post, I wanted to comment on the recent New York Times article on reports by US Navy pilots of unexplained aerial phenomena. The article paints the pilots as reliable witnesses, and I have no reason to doubt that. The phenomena themselves appear to be truly interesting. It seems likely the things detected by the …
“UFO” Reporting
Steven Novella, one of my favorite skeptical bloggers, has a great article on his Neurologica blog about the news reports that surfaced recently regarding the US Navy’s new reporting guidelines for unidentified aerial phenomena. Seems the Navy is trying to assist its pilots in avoiding any stigma attached with reporting such phenomena. The word “UFO” is, of course, used by …
Thoughts on American Cosmic by D.W. Pasulka
I just finished reading Professor of Religious Studies D.W. Pasulka’s recent book American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology. Although I found the book to be an interesting read, I did have some issues with the presentation and underpinnings of the conclusion, such as it is. Ostensibly this is a book about the religious aspects of the cultural phenomena of UFO belief, …