On Sunday, October 27, 2019 at 3:52:46 PM UTC-6, John Clark wrote: > > > > On Sat, Oct 26, 2019 at 5:08 PM Philip Thrift <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> > "[Physical science] was designed to give mathematical models that can >> accurately predict the behavior of matter, and that's gone really well, but >> it was never designed to deal with the subjective qualities of >> consciousness." (@Philip_Goff) >> https://edge.org/conversation/philip_goff-a-post-galilean-paradigm >> > > If numbers don't work for describing the subjective qualities of > consciousness there is no evidence words can do any better. As Ludwig > Wittgenstein said "*What we cannot speak about we must pass over in > silence*". Maurice Switzer said it even better "*It is better to remain > silent at the risk of being thought a fool than to talk and remove all > doubt of it*". > > John K Clark >
Thanks for writing that. It hits the nail on the head. LC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/76481259-5a94-418f-aeca-31e26c010882%40googlegroups.com.
