Scientific Exploration of Afterlife Evidence with Science Communicator Cristina A. Moraru Episode 30
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“I think this is the scientific way to go about it. You know, you gotta read evidence, you draw new conclusions, you update your beliefs if and when necessary.”
Cristina A. Moraru of Worthful Woman is a science communicator and podcaster focused on the intersection of science and spirituality. Christina and Liz found one another through Instagram because both were fascinated by the often overlooked scientific evidence and research of an afterlife and paranormal occurrences. The two read in depth about the same scientists from Dr. Julie Beischel who studies psychic mediums to Rupert Sheldrake who studies inexplicable levels of knowing and intuition. Cristina recently launched her podcast, Worthful Woman where she has already had on many guests whose research has influenced Liz such as Craig Weiler, author of Psi Wars: TED, Wikipedia and the Battle for the Internet.
While Cristina was raised Christian, she went through multiple world views including atheism and materialism. She no longer identifies and Christian or as atheist. Her ideas are constantly evolving as she gathers more information. When she discovered a book on afterlife evidence she became very curious and delved in. She believes you always need to keep an open-mind, be willing to change your mind, and know that science is always changing.
What we talk about in this episode:
- Cristina's was raised Orthodox Christian and her journey to where she is now
- How her beliefs and worldview are still developing
- While looking at the world in a very analytical way she discovered there is legitimate research being done on afterlife, telepathy and more
- Mark Gober's book, "An End to Upside Down Thinking," about research being done on afterlife evidence first opened her mind
- While we claim to investigate consciousness, we still don't really have an understanding of what it is
- Two people often don't realize they are talking about the same thing because they are using different wording
- Afterlife research can be emotionally charged - how do we navigate subjectivity in science
- The sheep goat effect in experiments
- Aspects of quantum physics
- How women are often treated in science
- Biases within the scientific community
- Rupert Sheldrake and his research including: The sense of being stared at
- Are psi and precognition evolutionary advantages
- Dreams Cristina and Liz had where they predicted the future. Does everyone have that ability in dreams?
- Was a medium reading Cristina had actually evidential?
.. and more
Follow Cristina: www.worthfulwoman.com | Podcast Worthful Woman (also on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and most podcasting platforms) | IG: @worthfulwoman | LinkedIn | articles | link.tree
Notes and Resources:
Dean Radin: Some people have no psi abilities
An Experiment With Time by J.W. Dunne
Galileo Commission
Ganzfeld experiment - Charles Honorton + Ray Hyman
Higgs Boson
The Institute of Noetic Sciences ( IONS)
Lisa Randall - String Theory
Loyd Auerbach
Mark Gober: An End to Upside Down Thinking
The Medium Explosion: A Guide to Navigating the World of Those Who Claim to Communicate with the Dead by Robert Ginsberg
Microtubules - Sir Roger Penrose and Dr. Stuart Hameroff
Precognition
Robert Lanza
Rupert Sheldrake
- Sense of Being Stared At by Rupert Sheldrake
The Sheep Goat Effect
Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE)
University of Edinburgh
Why Woo-Woo Works: The Surprising Science Behind Meditation, Reiki, Crystals, and Other Alternative Practices by David Hamilton
Windbridge
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