Re: Penrose on Brains

[RC Macaulay]

Chris Zell wrote..   The difference between ESP and intuitive leaps of understanding is simply a matter of degree.  Those who denigrate psychic phenomena probably have no problem with the sterotype of a light bulb appearing above their heads, as new concepts simply pop into their minds. Chris, thats a stretch. I can accept the intuitative rather than the physic. As I read the various posts on this and IT vs. Darwin etc. I think about one subject often ignored. TIME If we presume time to have a beginning, we place ourselves in a box. If we attempt to conceive time as " eternal" with no ending we in turn are faced with the question.. what if time had NO start.. it is eternal.. no beginning. Tryng to grasp a concept of time eternal is impossible to gather into one's focus. It would mean that... No matter how much time elapses from this moment on into eternity.. that measure of time would NEVER equal the amount of time that has passed. This is one on paradoxes facing the true scientist. The paradox is that it is the one scientific fact that is impossible to grasp in its significance. A proper view of time will open understanding to the depth of the task facing CF research. Richard