[MD] The Trouble With Wilber

[David M]

Hi DMB

> David M asked:
> But how do we tell if someone has had these experiences or if they are a
> nut?
>
> dmb says:
> We could ask the same question about the experiences of scientists during
> experiments. Its no different from any other area of inquiry. We have to
> guard against fraud and abuse in medicine, rocket science or anything 
> else.


DM: Nonsense, science suggests/uses repeatable experiments, try again.

>
> DM said:
> I'd add imagination, and full pass access to the sphere of the possible.
>
> dmb says:
> Okay, I'll bite. What in the world does "the sphere of the possible" mean?
> Is it Sartre or did you pick that up from Polyester Pete at a sales 
> seminar?
> As you've been using it, it sounds like fake high school existentialism.
> Feel free to correct that impression.
>

DM: No the mystic Polly Styrene passed this on to me.