[ExI] digital simulations, descriptions and copies.

Anna Taylor femmechakra at yahoo.ca
Sat Jan 23 16:30:12 UTC 2010


--- On Fri, 1/22/10, John Clark <jonkc at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> And what do you think the word
> "theory" means, a guess? A theory is a group of
> thoughts to explain something, such as Copernicus's
> theory that the Earth goes around the sun
> or Newton's theory of gravity or the theory of
> cause and effect. Some theories explain things better that
> others and no theory explains things better than
> Darwin's.

I have to agree but a theory is still "a maybe".  Sometimes a really
good "maybe" and sometimes not so good such as Flat Earth hypothesis, 
others such as Aristotle's dynamic motion and The classical 
elemental theory.

> I do give you credit for realizing that
> Gordon's ideas are totally incompatible with
> Darwin's, but joining the creationists camp seems like a
> very high price to pay to embrace his looney
> teachings.

Thank you.  I do believe that there was some sort of supernatural 
event as opposed to being or beings that caused creation and I 
believe in a "higher greater cosmic force". I'm not sure if that 
makes me creationist, I get confused with all the labels.     

> Yes it matters. Gordon says signals between
> neurons are not involved in consciousness, that means there
> are 100 billion completely independent entities in your head
> with absolutely no way to interact with each other in any
> way. And that is idiocy of the highest order.

My apology.  I thought he meant that neurons don't know that they
are involved in consciousness. 

> That is not true at all, I don't need to
> personally experience Psi, as I've said many many times
> just show me a pro Psi article in Nature or Science,
> that's all I ask.

My point was that a theory, an idea or a thought may or may not 
be accurate, true or viable. That doesn't mean one day it won't be.
You are probably right that there will never be an article in 
Nature or Science in our lifetime.  Darwin's Theory has only been 
around for about 150 years maybe the next century the pros will 
deem it worthy to print;)

Anna



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