1. "Physical consciousness or the normal waking state is just one of the states
of consciousness, not the ONLY state."
....Charudatt Prabhudesai
2. "The laws governing this sphere are laws of physics"
....Charudatt Prabhudesai
Statement 1 is acceptable as a scientific fact. Statement 2 is acceptable as a
well-supported testable scientific hypothesis.
3. "but they are not the ONLY kind of laws."
....Charudatt Prabhudesai
4. "There are altered states of awareness where supra-physical or
infra-physical phenomena are observable, which are as much a fact as a physical
fact is on the physical plane."
....Charudatt Prabhudesai
Statements 3 and 4 are philosophical speculations. They are neither acceptable
as scientific facts nor as testable scientific hypotheses. To become the
latter, they would have to generate testable predictions. To become the former,
their predictions have to be repeatedly confirmed by experiment and/or
objective observation.
Cheers,
Santosh
--- On Mon, 3/14/11, Charudatt Prabhudesai <char-...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> RE: Physical consciousness or the normal waking state is
> just one of the states of consciousness,
> not the ONLY state. The laws governing this sphere are laws
> of physics, but they are not the ONLY
> kind of laws. There are altered states of awareness where
> supra-physical or infra-physical phenomena
> are observable, which are as much a fact as a physical fact
> is on the physical plane.
> Is that acceptable to Science?
>
> Charudatta Prabhudesai
>
