Merle, The test of true knowledge is not reference to an unknowable external world but internal consistency across the entire scope of knowledge...
Why? Because reality is an internally consistent computational system... If it were not it would tear itself apart at the inconsistencies and could not exist.... Edgar On May 3, 2013, at 11:03 PM, Merle Lester wrote: > edgar > > we need to clarify what is the meaning of reason... > > as we all know...one and one doeth not always make 2.. > > honestly edgar you could no doubt reason your way out of a paper bag so to > speak.. > > the point i see is that for reason to actually begin you have to have a > situation..e.g 9/ll.. > > now we all know that the reason behind the attack or iraq was based on false > reasoning...i knew from day 1! > > now the question remains edgar... > > how do you know that your reasoning is sound in the first place..so at the > end of the day..reasoning is not all it is cracked up to be... > > it's a tool we can use and sometimes it can be misguided... > > in the human kitbag there are other tools. > > my favourite is intuition.. > > this tool never fails me as i have been practising and honing it for donkey's > years.. > > coupled with reasoning it serves me nicely.. > > merle > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
