Re: d'Espagnat wins Templeton Award

2009-03-26 Thread Bruno Marchal
Dear Kim, On 26 Mar 2009, at 11:33, Kim Jones wrote: > > > Dear Bruno > > (Here I am putting on the hat of the sensei) > > > I hope you are wrong on this. Usually I hope you are right on > everything, because you usually have the "ring of truth" about you. > Here, unfortunately I feel in my

Re: Altered states of consciousness

2009-03-26 Thread John Mikes
Kim, I would not search in Bruno's generalized theoretical scientific write-up answers to ANY/ALL particular question in (and out of) all domain(s). In my worldview (I wish I could compose it in a text callable scientific) the interconnection of the totality (relations of ALL to ALL) brings about

Re: d'Espagnat wins Templeton Award

2009-03-26 Thread John Mikes
Kim, Indeed I raised my voice against *labeling* and doing so exclusively *in a certain direction of a personalized (societal? cultural?) view.* And what did I get as a scolding cold shower? *another 'labeling'*: * called: * *VALUES*. They, too, can be 'good or bad' in the restricted views we accep

Re: d'Espagnat wins Templeton Award

2009-03-26 Thread Kim Jones
On 20/03/2009, at 6:37 PM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > Hi Kim, > > > On 19 Mar 2009, at 05:19, Kim Jones wrote: >>> >>> >> >> >> But who can say that creativity cannot be taught when no institution >> sets out to do so? > > > I have been teacher in a "modern school" based on creative thinking, > but