--- In [email protected], "L B Shriver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "L B Shriver" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > snip > > > > > Personally, I thought the course was a great experience. I doubt if > > anyone outside the > > > course even remembers it. Certainly it is not being cited in all > > the journals as a profound > > > feat of engineering in the domain of collective consciousness. > > Needless to say, this is a > > > typical cult phenomenon—the insiders believing that their every > > breath shakes the world, > > > the outsiders not even noticing. > > > > This is a valid point, but there are plenty of examples in the > > scientific community of a study or even a mathematical technique > > being ignored for years, decades (or even a century in the case of > > the math) that later on are seen as ground-breaking. > > @@@@@@@@ > > True enough, point well taken. In a general sense, I think the "consciousness movement" > will look better in retrospect than at its beginnings. On the other hand, I doubt that many > of the other examples you refer to have had an amply-funded PR organization touting > them, either.
AMply funded, but quite self-consciously home-grown, and therefore nowhere near as efficient as it could be. And the scientific community itself is known for being babes inthe wood when handling PR. Look at the Creationism vs Evolution issue or the new thing with global warming vs Michael Chricton. I can guarantee you who will be believed, at least in the short run. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
