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  1. Mary Roach _ Spook: Science Tackles the

    But what if the soul -the residual energy/information that doesn't register on our electromagnetic energy detectors- doesn't go somewhere else, but just, you know, snuffs out? Ceases to exist? That has always been my own depressing, humdrum assumption regarding death. No can be, says Nahum. Standing in the way is the First Law of Thermodynamics: Energy is neither created nor destroyed. It has to go somewhere..."The question then becomes, Where does it go? The question is not, Is it there? It's there.
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  2. Mary Roach _ Spook: Science Tackles the

    Julie Rousseau said that the researchers told her they find some of her explanations far-fetched and do not consider the case closed. It is interesting to come across people who feel that a ghost communicating via a spell-checker is less far-fetched than a software glitch.
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  3. Mary Roach _ Spook: Science Tackles the

    It's one thing to get enough evidence to convince yourself, but it's a whole other matter to produce a demonstration that would be acceptable to a community of scientists,
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  4. Mary Roach _ Spook: Science Tackles the

    My bias is that it does exist. But I would never say that I know that. Until I prove it.
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  5. Mary Roach _ Spook: Science Tackles the

    freshly dead popes are struck thrice on the forehead with a special silver hammer.
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  6. Mary Roach _ Spook: Science Tackles the

    It's hard to say where is the bigger hubris, in their convictions or in the arrogance of carrying them to a third decimal point
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    I think that at the moment of death that little window opens up. I think that maybe we're all connected to something bigger than we are.
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  8. Mary Roach _ Spook: Science Tackles the

    You do not dress to please yourself; you dress to please others.
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  9. Mary Roach _ Spook: Science Tackles the

    It takes a certain kind of mind to interpret smidgens of fecal matter found in underwear as an ectoplasmic calling card rather than an ordinary by-product of a minor lapse in hygiene. It takes, I would think, a mildly psychotic kind of mind. Crawford's
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  10. Mary Roach _ Spook: Science Tackles the

    While he attends to his rats, Persinger gives me the lowdown on the haunt theory. Why would a certain type of electromagnetic field make one hear things or sense a presence? What's the mechanism? The answer hinges on the fact that exposure to electromagnetic fields lowers melatonin levels. Melatonin, he explains, is an anti-convulsive; if you have less of it in your system, your brain -in particular, your right temporal lobe- will be more prone to tiny epileptic-esque microseizures and the subtle hallucinations these seizures can cause.
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  11. Mary Roach _ Spook: Science Tackles the

    If you found this book in the New Age section of your local bookstore, it was grossly misshelved, and you should put it down at once. If you found it while browsing Gardening, or Boats and Ships, it was also misshelved, but you might enjoy it anyway
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  12. Mary Roach _ Spook: Science Tackles the

    You don't need proof. You just need an inclination"
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