Saw Jill's talk when it was first posted. She is passionate. Perspectively, I don't think we got the exact same impression from it.
<<<But to suggest that there is no possibilty that something might exist that could provide more insight into our lives other than just using our minds in their conscious state might be too dogmatic.>>> Who knows how many states our brains have? I can admit I am polar about anything metaphysical as I know it identified in popular pseudoscience. Maybe James Randi is my twin? brainwise? I can apologize for any shortcomings up front so you can be assured I am not insulting you purposely. WE may have to journey there to those persceptions on the logic ship only to hindsight said journey with another yardstick? On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Rick S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm sure there are thousands or maybe millions of twins that would > disagree with your assessment. No being a twin myself, I can never > know for sure. As for going beyond logic, I saw a very interesting > video on TED > http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html > where a brain scientist reveals what happenned to her during her > stroke. She calls it a powerful stroke of insight. My point is not > that we should not use logic and rationality. Of course we should. > But to suggest that there is no possibilty that something might exist > that could provide more insight into our lives other than just using > our minds in their conscious state might be too dogmatic. > > Rick S > > On Oct 27, 10:58 am, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > << And there's intuition, like when twins separated by some > > distance know the other is hurt. >> > > > > No, they don't. > > > > <<Anyone who has studied Quantum physics even a little will realize > > that there are things in the universe that seem to defy logic. And >> > > > > You're misusing the term "logic" here. Quantum physics may have > > propositions which contradict the propositions you use in everyday > > life, but the logic that manipulates those propositions remains the > > same. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
