Re: virus: Re:[Fwd: Re: memes at the meme site]
Nathaniel Hall (natehall@lgcy.com)
Thu, 11 Sep 1997 21:27:51 -0600
Richard Brodie wrote:
>
> On Sunday, September 7, 1997 5:32 PM, D.H.Rosdeitcher
> [SMTP:76473.3041@compuserve.com] wrote:
> > KMO wrote:.
> > > I expect that several of the regular participants will be happy
> > >to defend the position that the scientific model is a useful one but
> > >that it has its limitations and blind spots.
> >
> > What limitations and blind spots exist in the scientific model? If there
> > were any such limitations and blind spots, they could be taken into
> account
> > as part of the model. --David R.
>
> The main blind spot is that it is difficult for the scientist to experience
> mysticism and thus study it. This tends to make scientists believe they are
> lone, rational minds perceiving an objective reality. It is hard for one
> with such an operating mode to break out of its box.
>
> Richard Brodie RBrodie@brodietech.com http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie
> Author, VIRUS OF THE MIND: The New Science of the Meme
> http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie/votm.htm
> Visit Meme Central: http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie/meme.htm
Its hardly a blind spot to see something which is'nt there. One can
make up any bogus belief one wants to but science demands proof!
The Nateman