[MD] Reductionism

[MarshaV]

At 11:08 AM 6/14/2009, you wrote:

>[Krimel]
>You have unwittingly raised and interesting point, which I am coming to
>suspect is the only way that could happen. You claim that "an independent
>objective reality was discredited 100 years ago by quantum physics." This is
>just not true. The QM dudes altered our understanding of the world of the
>very, very small but there is as yet no consensus as to what that might mean
>on the scale of the everyday world. There have been different explanations
>proposed and ATM none seems to be especially dominant. This is exactly the
>kind of situation that gives the lie to the idea that science is dogmatic.
>
>Not only are physicists unable to come to a consensus on the meaning of
>their findings but the world they are talking about is so completely alien
>to us empirically, that it is really silly for folks like us to talk about
>it much. It is really, really silly to set this kind of speculation up as a
>cornerstone of your thinking.


Krimel,

Hahahahaha You do make me laugh!!!   Okay, how about neuroscience, 
what can it tell us that isn't of the same caliber?


Marsha









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