On 01/14/2015 01:41 PM, salyavin808 wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote :
On 01/14/2015 09:37 AM, salyavin808 wrote:
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>, <s3raphita@...>
<mailto:s3raphita@...> wrote :
Re "If the subjective method had half the scrutiny given to science .
. . ":
I agree with your post but one point you miss is that science has
itself tended to avoid tackling subjective experiences as it wants to
stick with measurable, objective, shared data. So you get ideas like
Behaviourism in psychology which never discuss introspective content.
Or Dennett who denies we even have mental events. Science doesn't do
justice to what it is actually like being a human being; whereas
spirituality isn't self-critical enough.
That's been historically true enough but it's all changed now.
Consciousness is the hot topic these days, and not just with the
mystical crowd luckily. It's only a matter of time until this
intriguing little mystery is all wrapped up.
You still haven't answered me what field of science you work in. ;-)
Are you doubting the ingenuity of the human mind? I have every
confidence that this problem will be solved, the brain is made of the
usual stuff after all. Sure it's going to take a truly amazing idea to
crack the brain's secrets but all problems are solvable, to claim
otherwise is to fence off knowledge in the way that held us back for
all those centuries before the enlightenment. Back then we thought
complexity must have a complex designer, we now know that isn't the
case. Consciousness cannot be beyond understanding. I think it'll be
fascinating watching the sacred cows fall one by one.
You still didn't answer a simple question. No offense but why are you
evading it? Just say you are a fan.
