On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 05:38:32AM -0800, PGC wrote: > ...
> > Bear in mind, I haven't read Metzinger's book yet - just some of the > reviews. I don't know what is actually being claimed. > > > I've read earlier writings and skimmed through some of this. While appearing > organized and rigorous on the surface, I see him violating Occam many times > besides conflating physical notions with immaterial metaphysical one all the > time. E.g. for the Suchness chapter, where I kind of had an immediate hunch > that he'd do this: > > I have already offered a phenomenological reinterpretation of “emptiness” as > “epistemic openness.” One prediction would be that in all situations in which > subject/ object structure fades away, “emptiness” and “epistemic openness” > will > be properties not only of the conscious mind, but also of what were previously > taken to be inanimate perceptual objects. Suchness then becomes the emptiness > of appearances in the more precise sense of their being epistemically open, > for > example in terms of lacking a predetermined conceptual essence. > > Taking such liberties, you can say anything. Closer to poetry/fiction/personal > opinion. > > Thanks - I'll keep your comments in mind when I come to read it. > > > > By the way, how are the corals doing and are you still diving, Russell? > Is > > there some healing or everything getting more and more bleached? > > > > I live about 2000 km from the Great Barrier Reef. I understand the > bleaching is pretty bad, but haven't visited that area for about 20 > years, so I can't say first hand. The way things are going, we might > start getting coral growing off our coast instead. > > > > I haven't dived for about 3 years - just been too freaking busy to get > my gear fixed after it broke down. It doesn't help that my local dive > shop closed down just after the pandemic, so have to go further afield > for gear repairs and tank fills. > > > Pretty bad could mean a lot. Are there still areas where things remain close > to > not being affected; e.g. places with a lot of open ocean current? > I believe so. Tourists would be taken to areas where the reef is pristine, or course. And certainly some areas have recovered. But open ocean current is not the issue - it's all open ocean - the issue is sometimes the water is too hot, and with climate change, those events are becoming more frequent. There should be a report on the 'net about how much of the reef has bleached to date. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders [email protected] http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/ZzZyuSv7yK53ixYF%40zen.
