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http://www.abc.net.au/rn/encounter/stories/2006/1782966.htm Members of the Aghori sect in India haunt cremation grounds and practice extreme rituals believing that by breaking religious taboos they overcome dualistic thinking that is a barrier to becoming one with God.

http://www.skeptiko.com/audio/skeptiko-2007-03-05-59234.mp3 Featured Interview: Dr. Susan Blackmore explores her journey from a disillusioned parapsychology researcher to an author on human consciousness, and her conclusions: "We live in a pointless universe. We're here for no reason at all. There isn't a soul. There isn't a spirit. We're not going to live forever in some kind of heaven, or something like that. And, I think there are no paranormal phenomena, although I can't be sure of that. Yet, we have extraordinary experiences."

Click on the link for the Video The hawking Paradox The very question on the nature of reality if there is an entangled pure state, and one part of the entangled system is thrown into the black hole while keeping the other part outside, the result is a mixed state after the partial trace is taken over the interior of the black hole. But since everything within the interior of the black hole will hit the singularity within a fixed finite time, the part which is traced over partially might "disappear", never to appear again. Of course, it is not really known what goes on at singularities once quantum effects are taken into account, which is why this theory is conjectural and controversial. Also related On Wikipedia

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