Quoting Case <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > [Case] > > It was a long and hard battle to finally discredit Aristotle's absurd > > notion of final cause. "Oops" is merely a modern refinement in this > process. > > Regression into a search for imaginary future perfect states is not so > much hope for an explanation as it is a form a psychosis. > > [Platt] > Lots of very intelligence people disagree with your diagnosis. But, they > could be wrong. > > [Case] > Three that come to mind are you, Ham and Ken Wilber. You generally go > straight to the wishful thinking argument that the idea is just disturbing > and unsatisfying. Ham loads on a pile of meaningless terminology in the hope > of talking it to death. Wilber confronts it head one but only avoids it by > positing some kind of supernatural consciousness and appealing directly to > animism and teleology. > > There is nothing to stop you from being wrong if you wish but it would be > nice if you could rationalize your choice a little better than appealing to > something as vague as "lots of very intelligent people".
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