mandrake wrote:
> steve ash wrote:
>> The issue in parapsychology is that some scientists have already
>> decided certain things are impossible and no amount of "evidence"
>> will make them change their minds - that's why its dogmatic -
> see the Dawkins vs Sheldrake piece on the internet for a good example
> of that
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> I don't want to carry a torch for Cartesian Dualism, as I said my own
> influences are more in Samkhya Dualism than the western version -
> but even so Descartes is a naturalistic approach - the connection
> between mind and body is via the Pineal gland -
> which is an remarkably intriguing theory although Descartes was wrong
> in his assumption that the pineal gland distinguished humans from
> other creatures.
> It's this bit of the theory that is usually attacked - on the basis
> that it models consciousness as some sort of "control room" scenario
> ("The Ghost in the Machine") - Not sure if that's the refutation -
> just a question of whether this is the best way to model the mind /
> body split -
> does it really feel this way - ie: to move my hand i dont contract my
> biceps - i move my hand and my biceps contract??
>
> bb/93
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> Mogg
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