[MD] Science Wars

[Platt Holden]

[Willblake2]
> Hi all,
> 
> Let me first say that I carry the burden of scientific
> training, Ph.D. and all.  That means full indoctrination.
> 
> I read, below, scientific facts thrown about as though they
> were truths.  The earth is 5 billion years old!  Did you measure
> this, or are you parroting somebody's opinion?  Oh, it has 
> been proven.  Please explain to me that proof.  Is it all based on
> assumptions?  Science is a convention, that seems to provide
> some predictability to our lives.  That predictability comes true
> simply because the cause and effect are supporting each other, 
> like a closed logical circle, no other reason.  1 + 1= 2.  What does 
> that mean?  Absolutely nothing more than a convention.  Neuronal
>  firings that are shared amongst people.  The more people that
> have similar neuronal firings (or patterns), the more meaningful
> it seems to be.  Why?  Because we like company.
> 
> It is my opinion that science describes that which is considered
> outside of us; this includes the brain as described by science.  
> Spirituality describes that which is within ourselves.  It is my belief 
> that which is within is much greater than what is outside.  (It could
> also 
> be said that the world we create is within (and I don't mean within
> the brain)).  The "rules" for describing spirituality are very different
> from the rules of science.  There is no cause-effect.  If we could
> transmit
> feelings directly (no thoughts or words in between) it would be
> much easier to convey spirituality.  Instead we are left with
> the scientific (logical) tool of language.
> 
> Science has sacrificed that within for that outside.  For every
> word concerning experience in English, there are forty in Sanskrit.  It
> is 
> because of this obsession with that which is outside, that we
> find no real meaning or satisfaction or truth.  How could there be?
> Science has taken much away.  There is no balance.
> 
> It seems that the more detailed we make this outside, the more 
> dominant it becomes, until it is all.  What an illusion!
> 
> The real war is between that which is within, and that which is outside
> (without).
> 
> I think this has something to do with MoQ...
> 
> Willblake2

I'm with you Willblake2. The cosmos exhibits an inner will to be better. 
That's the message of the MoQ. 

Platt