Eva Durant wrote:
> UFO "sightings" are at the same level as
> virgin mary sightings.
Last night I heard Arthur C.Clark claim that he had seen a dozen
or so sightings and that anyone who hadn't seen at least one was
probably in a city with an overcast. The area where I grew up
in North Eastern Oklahoma is a hot bed of such sightings and I
have seen them as well. But a sighting does not an explanation
make, except to those girls in the car who were pretending to be
scared and we boys who knew there was nothing to fear that
compared to pregnancy. I'm making Jay's point, at least for
adolescents.
> In the last century people tended to have the former, as there were images
> around of that. The UFO craze started with science fiction
> films, with the first "sightings" mirroring those artificial images.
What does this have to do with I.A. Richards, Karl Pribram, MosheFeldenkrais and Ilana
Rubenfeld? You were
talking New Age and
I gave you four recognized scholars three of which are considered
New Age but have been pathfinders in Brain Research and psycho-
physical theory.
> As ignorance is returning through the
> deterioration of education and the devaluation of
> critical thinking, more and more pseudo-science
> hoaxters are allowed to jump on the gravytrain.
Yes but there is enough huxterism to go around on this one. Did youread the Chartrand
material I sent?
> Critical thinking is not a good idea for capitalism,
> how would the marketing scams, the UL of the "american dream"
> and the all insane system would work otherwise?
I agree with you on much of this, however I have seen some intelligencein the system.
Consultants often
are helpful by virtue of their distance
and the economists who think in systems that transcend the normal
retail bias often have some useful things to say. There is an economist
at the National Endowment of the Arts that I have found quite helpful. I
also feel the same about the economists on this list, who have been
very duck like when I have rained on their parade. That has allowed me to
do serious thinking on many occasions for which I am grateful.
> But I don't think it is a conspiracy, the establishment
> is not as smart or coordinated as that, it is just
> moneysaving shorttermism (not educating people sufficiently
> to run a democracy properly.)
I agree but I do believe the fragmentation is deliberate and provesuseful to people in
the market.
> What evidence you have for the miracles
> you mentioned?
I wasn't aware that I mentioned any miracles. Is it a miracle that anelder in
Australia or in New Mexico
can communicate with those
who are under their tutelage out in the Desert, miles away. The monkey
info is standard scientific stuff about co-incidents. I tend to think that
there is a connection that we can't yet quantify or explain. I have
experienced that in ensembles that depend upon hyper sensitivity for
safety and connections on stage. I have seen blind improvisation on
stage accomplish things that can only be described as another type
of communication. But I don't think of them as miracles.
> Keep an open mind, but don't let your brain fall out.
We have two rules, be observant and know everything. Try that one
one for size.
REH
