[extropy-chat] Zen Garden

[Dirk Bruere]

spike wrote:

>>In case anyone still does not get it, Zen like some modern psychology
>>states that the 'self' is an illusion.
>>There is no 'me' (or you).
>>
>>--
>>Dirk
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>You are tickling the tail of the pun dragon with that
>comment Dirk.  Max won that last round with koanilinguists.
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I wasn't playing.

>As much as I would like to get all zen here, I just cannot
>take partial credit for that one by claiming to be him, or 
>that the boundary between he and me is an illusion.
>
>Zen is cool tho, if one doesn't take it *too* seriously.
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If  it's not taken seriously it's not cool - just more New Age shit for 
the mill.
So, are you going to defend the notion of 'self' as being non-illusory? 
Shall we start with evoked potentials?

-- 
Dirk

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