I'm not sure if this is the right way to reply to Peter's recent blog guess I'll find out.
"Dear Peter, Your little essay was rather nicley framed and appropriate at any time. I especially smiled at your explanation of extremism, which I think has some truth to it. Scientism, mysticism, and many other isms, are as you say, very often taken beyond extremism and constitutes a 'bad' and inimical twist in the affairs of man. Like many of you, I have encountered mad scientists' who proclaim their truth and insist that it, and it alone should be followed pretty much exactly. They are, in actual fact, simply then acting as idealogues. They take their place among the myriad other ideologues, mostly religious, but also various other, too often fanatical cults, groups, organizations, beurocracies, etc who throughout history have maintained themselves in more or less control of large segments of society (or energietically tried to). In a word, scientists are people; with all that that entails and implies. As a biologist, it is expected that I see our species in context of our planet's living world. Man as a species (nowperforce the God species) possesses the magic emergent property of complex mental, non-material, activity, self awareness, culture, etc. We all know that this gift is bound by, comes from, and relies solely on, the common earthly biological system; in fact, it all resides in the evolved central nervous system that was inherited out of parts of the Universe. However, Everyone does not, in fact, know this; or we do not believe it, or are forgetful of it. It is so very curious that this most important, really most obvious feature of our whole existence is so oblivously taken for granted and for the most part forgotten entirely for long stretches, or entirely. Similarly, we all 'know' that some of our fellow animals also have capable central nervous systems, and our near relatives are, in fact, exceedingly smart. They clearly possess sefl awareness, culture, and many other manifestations of high mental activity, usch as society, compassion, even a primitive and undeveloped sense of mysticism or protoreligion. It is quite an obvious biological fact that some of these animals are well equipped to, infutre, evolve exactly the same kind and level of mental acrobatics as humans------ and they surely will! It should be obvious too, that Life consists of moment-to-moment continous series of external stimuli interacting with our nervous systems. In essence, for us and our cousins, everything begins and relies on the incomprehensibly complex multitude of neruonal firings going on inside our head. In the end, some of these 'firings' leads some wolves to coordinate with others to decide to kill a moose for their all important well being. Some other neural patterns, in humans, results in a loud prayer to their preferred God, or in shooting a grouse for dinner, or in mass murders, etc etc. So, as has been eloquently expounded by generations of poets, mystics, religious and other writers, we do, as a human species have a fairly clear view of ourselves floating, apparently alone, on a globe in a huge unverse. Significantly, what people also have (along with many of the less far-along species, like wolf packs, chimpanzee bands, or elephants and others) is a seemingly intermittent, hazy floating, and often subconscious , understanding that we are alive and that our continued existence is bound up with our surroundings, or our pack, or band or tribe, or flock. To Peter's plaint then, my point might be that we of mankind are all of a feather, and will hang together, or separately. In the meantime, however, the incredible variation among individuals ensures that messy evolution (biological as well as socia) will continue to happen; Thus unfortunately ensuring that the lives of individuals, and their interactions will continue to be, at various times and places bloody, or brutish, sometimes sublime, sometimes pleasant, but commonly uneven and uncertain. I believe we are making progess but--------------. On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 5:31 AM, Peter Gluck <peter.gl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Readers, > > I have just published: > http://egooutpeters.blogspot.ro/2013/06/lenr-and-scientism.html > It is a proof that I don't fear sensitive, somewhat even nasty subjects > and I try to > make an interview with you all regarding the present and the future of > LENR. > I hope to learn from your feedback. Please surprise me with your > promptitude and sincerity > Peter > > -- > Dr. Peter Gluck > Cluj, Romania > http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com >
