>"A good book for you to read if you truly want to understand the processes DNA >is central to: Life on the Edge, by Johnjoe McFadden and Jim Al-Khalili."
Ah yes, now I remember why I was disappointed when "Life on the edge" first came out. I had been following JJ McFadden for some considerable time, and had been awaiting their book with eager anticipation. But once it came out, it became clear to me that their implementation of quantum physics into biology was inspired not in the spirit of establishing consistency across principles, but rather, in the mechanistic (reductionist) approach of finding all the parts that fit together. Like the parts comprising an engine, or pieces from a jigsaw puzzle, quantum mechanics provides new parts to mix and match. Their incorporation of quantum mechanics into things like photosynthesis and bird migration remains, at its core, deterministic/mechanistic reductionism, but with a bit of quantum woo thrown in to account for linkages that don't link. Their approach still fails to establish the inevitability of life and its ability to persist across time. The entropy problem remains unaddressed. But that's just my opinion, gleaned mostly from online reviews and websites. In the end, I concluded that the book was not for me, and decided not to buy. To be fair, some of their examples looked interesting and might merit a closer look, but I lost interest quickly once I picked up on the book's direction. The book has received positive reviews, so interested folk should make up their own minds. Cheers, sj -----Original Message----- From: online_sadhu_sa...@googlegroups.com [mailto:online_sadhu_sa...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Whit Blauvelt Sent: Wednesday, 27 July 2016 5:45 AM To: online_sadhu_sa...@googlegroups.com Cc: peirce-l@list.iupui.edu Subject: Re: [PEIRCE-L] RE: [Sadhu Sanga] How to judge what is pseudoscience? On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 10:47:23PM +0200, Stephen Jarosek wrote: > Mission statements are "window dressing?" Really? You've not had any > experience in strategic planning at the management level, have you... > ie, you have no idea what you are talking about. I'm not only currently involved in strategic planning, I for several years edited a business journal for an executive readership, featuring work by many of the top business consultants of the time. I'm deeply familiar with both how good decisions are made, and the bullshit often brought to the table. A good book for you to read if you truly want to understand the processes DNA is central to: Life on the Edge, by Johnjoe McFadden and Jim Al-Khalili. It's amazing stuff, and we're only at the beginning of understanding it. Nor is it essentially mired in the computationalist metaphor which I join you in stressing the limits of. Not the make too much a thing of exchanging insults, but you might keep in mind you're arguing against diversity on a list where a majority of the readers are in India, perhaps the most diverse blend of cultures on the planet. The problems that France and Germany are having with some immigrants are because they fail to welcome and integrate them into their societies. They keep them apart, as you appear to advocate, rather than bring them into the fold, as America historically has. Best, Whit -- ----------------------------
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