A nonsensical challenge by Chopra, possibly deliberately - pitting apples against oranges. Physics is still a branch of science, the verifiable path of inquiry, based on our ability to capture and study phenomena, with instrumentation. The instrumentation is the weak link, as consciousness can never be captured, isolated and proven, with current devices (or any, past, or future). Like the "goldfish in a bowl of water, cannot see the water", analogy, consciousness is pervasive - I have no idea how it could possible be verified with the scientific method, or calculated, via a set of formulas.
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <jr_esq@...> wrote : Many of the popular physics writers, like Hawking and Krauss, don't believe in including consciousness in their cosmological theories. If they did, they'd realize that their assumptions about the beginning of the universe to be illogical and wrong. Um, why? Why would they include consciousness in cosmological theories and why would it be illogical? Or are you saying it's impossible for Deepak's money to be claimed for some spiritual reason? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : Worth a read. Woomeister Chopra challenges science to explain consciousness with a Randi style prize. The money suggests he feels confident that there is no scientific solution to the hard problem of consciousness- in the same way that James Randi feels confident there is no paranormal. The trouble for Chopra is that, while no one has managed to demonstrate even a tiny morsel of magical powers, we know quite a lot about consciousness already. Here's hoping for a swift solution to the hard problem as he's one bullshit artist I'd like to see with some egg on his face. And a million bucks would be a lot of egg..... Deepak Chopra embarrasses himself by offering a million-dollar prize http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/deepak-chopra-embarrasses-himself-by-offering-a-million-dollar-prize/ http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/deepak-chopra-embarrasses-himself-by-offering-a-million-dollar-prize/ Deepak Chopra embarrasses himself by offering a million-... http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/deepak-chopra-embarrasses-himself-by-offering-a-million-dollar-prize/ I realize now that Chopra's affliction with Maru's Syndrome—the condition described by Dr. Maru as "When I see a box, I cannot help but enter"—is ... View on whyevolutionistrue.wor... http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/deepak-chopra-embarrasses-himself-by-offering-a-million-dollar-prize/ Preview by Yahoo
