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Damoclese
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Date Posted: 02/24/02 11:44am
In reply to:
Primordial
's message, "and to elaborate..." on 02/24/02 11:23am
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> Or even how the values of society are
>ultimately affected? Dr. Kevorkian (sp.), the last I
>heard, was still in jail. But he was jailed for
>applying the law of nature (arguably); he was standing
>up for the right of death; which is certainly not a
>legal right according to conventional law...but
>understandable from the point of view of the persons
>wanting to end "suffering". The notion that a
>"righteous" society would not allow these things
>presents some interesting concepts to debate.
I think it has to do with humanities devotion to survival and life above all else, perhaps its preoccupation with the fear of death that dictates these things.
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> You leave me with the impression that you are
>quite devoted to science with the posts I have read on
>this forum. I offer up this "creative" thought.....(I
>enjoy these creative games when played with
>methodical, logical minds and I thank you for your
>indulgence to date). You are the only responder, so I
>am left to presume there is little interest in
>pursuing these matters. But I will as long as at least
>you respond! Here it is:
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> Will Psychology ever play a greater role in
>providing evidence than science will allot it now?
>i.e. evidence in proving certain theories (general);
>to evidence proving, perhaps, evolution over creation
>(specific)?
Well, psychology is in itself a science, although there is some dissention among those who practice it and among some of the more traditional "harder" sciences like biology and physics.
There is already some overlapping between psychology and other fields as it were. If quantum mechanics is right, then the thing that determines the nature of matter is consciousness, specifically an observer. Science will not be able but to help but to delve into the aspects of the consciousness of a person (traditionally a psychological field) in order to understand how it is that the nature of reality unfolds. (indeed, some authors have already postulated quantum mechanic models like tunneling electrons that cause certain synapses to fire over others given a thought or memory). So, when you say psychology holding more weight, I don't think that it will, but rather, I think a synthesis will form among all of these fields that will create a grander understanding of the way things are, and that each field will serve as an illumination of specific pieces of this whole.
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> There's a wonderful epitaph in there
>somewhere!! I was surprised by the reference to
>something beyond death without mention of the
>possibility of "nothingness".
I left it out because if there is nothing, then speculation about it wouldn't matter. It's certainly a possiblity.
Damoclese
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