[MD] Dawkins quotes RMP on religion.

[Krimel]

[Krimel]
I like to think of disciplines and sets of metaphors as the hands of
blindmen touching an elephant. The more hands we feel through, the better
conceptual elephant we can construct. But the elephant we share with each
other will be function of Bohr's trade off between precision and clarity.

Zoom in, Zoom out, Refocus. 

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Hi Krim

Actually your intellectual history is perhaps misleading here.
There is an intersting  book called God and the Universe that
is about how metaphors and concepts in all
kinds of disciplines (from science to theology)
move around between disciplines and inspire progress. One man's
vague is another man's insight perhaps. Arthur
Gibson was the author I think.

David M


> [Platt]
> As I've said many times, I like Pirsig's explanation of the beginning of
> life.
> It beats "oops" IMO. It also harmonizes with the rest of his metaphysics.
>
> [Krimel]
> There is nothing in this account that 'explains' the beginning of life. It
> is kind a poetic description that provides the illusion of an explanation.
>
> How does saying that the Dynamic force invents different kinds of 
> molecules differ from God saying, "Let there be Life"?