{"id":1953,"date":"2024-05-03T23:44:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T23:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/172.30.40.161\/?page_id=1953"},"modified":"2024-07-31T21:15:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T21:15:49","slug":"bics-contest-judging","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bigelowinstitute.org\/index.php\/bics-afterlife-proof\/bics-contest-judging\/","title":{"rendered":"BICS Contest Judging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull gutenify-section-35940640-955b-11ee-bc5a-bf9ee075d8ca is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-parallax gutenify-section-35936a00-955b-11ee-bc5a-bf9ee075d8ca wp-duotone-unset-1\" style=\"min-height:100%;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-content-dark-background-color has-background-dim-30 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-2552 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/www.bigelowinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pexels-pixabay-2150-1024x735-1.jpg)\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"guten-element guten-spacer guten-O7SrTT\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-wrapper\" data-id=\"F9BndT\"><section class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-section guten-element guten-section guten-F9BndT layout-boxed align-stretch gutenify-section-b1e78300-da81-11ee-b15e-131bd32f9c9c\"><div class=\"guten-background-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"guten-shape-divider guten-shape-divider-top\"><\/div><div class=\"guten-shape-divider guten-shape-divider-bottom\"><\/div><div class=\"guten-container guten-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutenverse-column guten-element guten-column guten-KkMwV2 gutenify-section-be8779d0-da81-11ee-b15e-131bd32f9c9c\"><div class=\"guten-background-overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"sticky-wrapper\" data-id=\"KkMwV2\"><div class=\"guten-column-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group gutenify-section-43f3e870-080d-11ef-a094-9b8d69f8877e is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading gutenify-section-d243e770-080c-11ef-a094-9b8d69f8877e\">The BICS 2021 Essay Contest<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group gutenify-section-40e262b0-080d-11ef-a094-9b8d69f8877e is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-gigantic-font-size gutenify-section-dfb1b590-080c-11ef-a094-9b8d69f8877e\"><strong>Judging the Evidence for Life After Death<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group gutenify-section-3c667780-080d-11ef-a094-9b8d69f8877e is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size gutenify-section-0c3e20d0-080d-11ef-a094-9b8d69f8877e\">The winners were chosen based on the power of the arguments presented and on how persuasively the essays made the case for the survival of human consciousness beyond a reasonable doubt. The contest was judged by seven independent judges. There was no influence from Robert Bigelow or BICS staff on the judging process. The essays were chosen by majority rule with the central criterion being the cumulative evidence <u><strong>beyond a reasonable doubt<\/strong><\/u> for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size gutenify-section-84a7c3d0-0814-11ef-9b6a-8fcd2c571636\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigelowinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/bics-essay-contest-application-form-2021.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"2250\">Read the original \u201cInstructions for Essay Authors\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size gutenify-section-b9bfbc70-0f22-11ef-9bba-5dee16bda50f\">Next: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigelowinstitute.org\/index.php\/bics-afterlife-proof\/bics-contest-judges\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1962\">The Seven Essay Contest Judges<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"guten-element guten-spacer guten-fudk3G\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1947,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"wp-custom-template-full-width","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"gutenify_custom_css":"","gutenify_custom_css_data":"","footnotes":""},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Leo Ruickbie","author_link":"https:\/\/www.bigelowinstitute.org\/index.php\/author\/leo\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":null,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigelowinstitute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1953"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigelowinstitute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigelowinstitute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigelowinstitute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigelowinstitute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1953"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigelowinstitute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2641,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigelowinstitute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1953\/revisions\/2641"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bigelowinstitute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bigelowinstitute.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}