Hi Jos -- Concerning the phenomenon of magnetic attraction, you said:
> Seeing as how we neuroscientists don't know how these traits arise > from matter, there is no reason to presume that they are unique to > the particular matter that is a brain. What you say is pure conjecture. If you are a truly a neuroscientist, you know that magnetic attraction has nothing to do with consciously perceived values. The essential characteristic of conscious awareness is the propensity to exist as a proprietary "being". The sentient "self" derives its being from its undifferentiated source which it then perceives as relative value. As a being-aware, the individual continues to construct its finite reality by intellectually "objectivizing" value as the relational universe that we call existence. The psychic attraction to value is a subjective phenomenon which cannot be objectively observed, localized, or quantified. The so-called "attraction" of permanent-magnet materials is an inherent resistance to change in magnetization over a wide range of field strength, due to the size and alignment of their component particles. Magnetic attraction is the observed effect of a magnet's field force on adjacent objects plotted as physical parameters. In no way is magnetism a "psychic" pheneomenon corresponding to the subjective attraction of conscious beings to the value of other beings. In the 1700s a hypnotist by the name of Mesmer attempted to introduce "magnetic therapy" as a healing method on the theory that there is a magnetic fluid flowing through everything that sometimes needs to be "restored". Mesmer eventually discovered that he got the same results without magnets, and quack claims made for magnetic healing have since been successfully debunked by scientists. [Jos]: > Please define "Magnet" A magnet is an object that attracts or repels iron and other metallic materials, such as nickel and cobalt. Every magnet has two poles, (called "north" and "south") whose forces repel like poles and attract unlike poles. A compass is a small magnet that is affected by the magnetic field of the Earth in such a way that it points to a magnetic pole of the Earth. Again, this is an objectively observed phenomenon. The only thing psychic about this principle of nature is that we are aware it as cognizant beings. Appreciate your input, Jos. -- Ham moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
