Exceptional human experiences

This week we are opening to questions about the outer edges of the human experience. Capacities, states, and phenomena often dismissed as fringe, yet increasingly supported by both data and first-person accounts.

Analytic idealism may provide a framework in which such phenomena are not only possible, but perhaps expected. From extrasensory perception to spontaneous healing, from savant syndrome to remote viewing, we'll ask if these phenomena could be legitimate areas of study, and even hint at the deeper layers of mind and nature.

It's worth reviewing this clip from last month, in which Bernardo defends the scientific method as neutral, but points out that individual scientists might not be. Here he explains why the same statistical pattern that wins a Nobel prize at CERN will be dismissed as "random" in a study of psi phenomena:

What, then, is the relationship between our perceptual “dashboard” and the latent capacities of human consciousness? To what extent does our interpretation of reality limit what we express, experience, or become? Are we constrained by cultural and cognitive inertia—missing the non-linear leaps that Mind-at-Large may be inviting us to take?

Thanks Fawn Miller for suggesting this theme and offering these fascinating questions.

As always, your comments and questions related to this theme are welcome below, and will help shape the discussion.

6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST

See you soon!

Amir