[extropy-chat] John Wright finds God

[Dirk Bruere]

john-c-wright at sff.net wrote:

>>>>I do have one question for you, people have been claiming supernatural
>>>>experiences for thousands of years but not one has ever been verified; If 
>>>>it's real why do you suppose this is the one area of knowledge that is not
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>>>amenable to the scientific method?
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>>>The scientific method is concerned with measureable aspects of our
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>>Slightly more than that.
>>It is concerned with consensus reality.
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>In my consensus reality, reality is objective, and admits of no consensus. 
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>Can we all agree that, in reality, reality is what it is, no matter what we agree?
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I cannot agree with that except as an act of faith.
Maybe the universe, brains, neural structures etc are simply theories 
that Mind has come up with to explain itself.

-- 
Dirk

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