Good article, but bad science in both directions

Post #301,232 by mhuber 12/18/08 3:16:02 PM Reply	Good article, but bad science in both directions The idea that there is nothing beyond what science shows is very, very much against the way science works. Tthe idea that quantum physics shows that the universe is not 100% predictable proves anything at all about the existence of the soul is a more than quantum jump. And the idea that the stuff experienced at the point of death evolved to comfort the psyche assumes that evolution gives a rat's ass about a psyche that isn't in a position to be a tool for reproduction either directly or by supporting relatives or the village. I do have an idea about there maybe being some biology underlying the Hero's Journey, but I don't feel like going into that right now.
Post #301,239 by Ashton 12/18/08 4:08:08 PM Reply	I'll drink to that encapsulation - (especially re pureeing QM into a horse of-another-colour in the minder-blender.) Logic is such a powerful tool for 'solving' {what we happen to momentarily define as} 'problems', it's hardly surprising that it may also mimic that proverbial hammer-user looking for another nail. Some never graduate to the screwdriver, let alone the laser interferometer. Clearly the emotional center highly-customizes the most sophisticated search algorithm which intellect got to like, while instinct always reserves its instant-trump: when walking too-near that cliff edge. The Mystery that there is Anything-at-all continues to flummox the jelloware, at its primitive level of development. Should provide food for dissertations another 66 years, at least. (When all else fails -- homo-sap often picks a fav Authoritarianism and makes it all go away, sorta.) Love. It. The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. -- H.L. Mencken
Post #301,251 by crazy 12/18/08 7:39:02 PM Reply	Sigh Yeah, I lived that for the last 45 years. Please explain the hidden objects.

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