[MD] Question?
Platt Holden
plattholden at gmail.com
Sun Mar 8 15:10:14 PDT 2009
>
> Marsha to Platt:Hmmmm. Quantum Theory is based on chance? I thought it
> acknowledged uncertainty, but chance? By chance do you mean a dynamic
> spontaneity?
>
>
> dmb says:
> William James said "chance" was just an insulting name for "freedom". A
> flattering name for freedom is "dynamic spontaneity". This idea of a
> random, meaningless universe ruled by chance is mechanistic, materialistic
> universe but the MOQ doesn't paint it that way at all. The notion that
> even subatomic particles express preferences implies that some level of
> consciousness, however limited, has always been a feature of reality. The
> process of evolution is guided from within, so to speak. The unfolding of
> the physical universe as well as the biological, social and intellectual
> course of evolution proceeds on the basis of quality decisions. It goes
> all the way down. That's not "God" and that's not random chance either.
>
> Thus, the "ooops" objection, which Platt has used 100 times, does not
> apply to the MOQ.
Now you're talking. "Consciousness always a feature of reality." I hope
Krimel is listening.
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