Re: virus: Materialists and spiritualists

Marie Foster (mfos@ieway.com)
Wed, 04 Feb 1998 09:47:15 -0800


David, I have held back on this, but I have to comment. What I love
about it the most is the word non-dismissive. Everyone has life
experience. Is their story (the one they tell) fact or fiction? spirit
or matter? The key is to be open to learn. Now is that not a good
addendum to rationality?

Marie who is a meme after all...

Tim Rhodes wrote:

> David McFadzean wrote:
>
> > When looked at from a non-dismissive perspective, I was
> > suddenly struck with how much (the spiritual world) resembles
> > the world of fiction, and I don't mean
> > just books. I mean the world of narratives, culture and histories.
> > The stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the world that we
> > observe. Maybe the realm of memes and the realm of spirits are, in
> > fact, literally the same place. This is true to the extent that
> > making the connection enhances communications between disparate
> > groups, most notably the materialists (including myself) and the
> > spiritualists. Does this make sense?
>
> By George, I think he's got it!
>
> -Prof. Tim