On 5 Mar 2008, at 03:51, David Hobby wrote: > William T Goodall wrote: >> On 5 Mar 2008, at 01:28, David Hobby wrote: >> >>> William T Goodall wrote: >>> ... >>>> High on Mount Sinai, Moses was on psychedelic drugs when he heard >>>> God >>> William-- >>> >>> That doesn't make the experience more or less real, though. >>> >> >> A drug induced hallucination is a real experience that doesn't >> correspond to objectively real events. > > William-- > > I imagine you'd argue that ANY experience where one heard > God was not real. : )
I would indeed. Because that would be the case. > > > Others might argue that "the doors of perception were > cleansed", letting one see another level of reality that > was always there. Hallucinations are just the brain running wonky, not 'another level of reality'. Epistemology Maru. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." ~Voltaire. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
