--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On May 15, 2007, at 7:45 AM, Peter wrote: > > > All this theoretical physics stuff from Hagelin is a > > metaphor, and a poor metaphor at that. It is > > essentially incomprehensible and contributes > > absolutely nothing to the understanding of > > Realization. > > It's interesting, MIU physics texts (privately published) did > emphasize a relationship and an analogy between physics and > consciousness BUT they also included a chapter on such analogies > and mentioned the fact that such analogies could only be taken so > far. > > At some point, probably around the time Hagelin was urged > (forced?) to write the hilarious "Is Consciousness the Unified > Field?", a major leap of faith was made and analogy became > taken as science or fact.
Actually, as the question mark in the title of the paper indicates, Hagelin is quite clear that he is *speculating*. And, of course, there are plenty of highly credentialed non-TM physicists and mathematicians who are also working on integrating consciousness and physics (e.g., Penrose). I don't suppose you'd care to be specific as to why Hagelin's paper is "hilarious," would you? I won't hold my breath. > > The TMO and Mahesh Varma: putting the "Con" back in Consciousness and > selling it to you. >
