Light Eye
02-14-2006, 12:19 PM
dear friends,
more nice thoughts from peter russell.
<a href="http://www.quantumbiocommunication.com/consciousness/the-superparadigm-synthesis-of-science-and-spirit.html">http://www.quantumbiocommunication.com/consciousness/the-superparadigm-synthesis\
-of-science-and-spirit.html</a>
be well, be love.
david
the superparadigm - synthesis of science and spirit
february 14th, 2006 thomas herold-->by peter russell
substantial steps have been made in the science of consciousness over the last
ten years, and there is much talk of a new paradigm emerging. but i believe we
may stand on the threshold of an even more fundamental change - a shift in
superparadigm.
thomas kuhn coined the term "paradigm" to refer to the beliefs and assumptions
underlying a particular science. but beneath all our scientific paradigms lies
an even deeper and more pervasive assumption: the belief in the primacy of the
material universe. when we fully understand the world of
space-time-matter-energy , we will, it is believed, be able to account for
everything in the cosmos. being the paradigm behind nearly all our scientific
paradigms, this worldview has the status of a "superparadigm".
eminently successful as this model has been at explaining the world around us,
it does not have much to say about the nonmaterial world of the mind. indeed,
nothing in the physical sciences says living systems should be conscious. yet
the reality of consciousness is apparent to each and every one of us. as far as
the current superparadigm is concerned consciousness is a great anomaly.
kuhn showed that when anomalies first arise they are usually overlooked or
rejected. or, if they cannot be so easily discarded, they are incorporated in
some way, often clumsily, into the existing model.
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more nice thoughts from peter russell.
<a href="http://www.quantumbiocommunication.com/consciousness/the-superparadigm-synthesis-of-science-and-spirit.html">http://www.quantumbiocommunication.com/consciousness/the-superparadigm-synthesis\
-of-science-and-spirit.html</a>
be well, be love.
david
the superparadigm - synthesis of science and spirit
february 14th, 2006 thomas herold-->by peter russell
substantial steps have been made in the science of consciousness over the last
ten years, and there is much talk of a new paradigm emerging. but i believe we
may stand on the threshold of an even more fundamental change - a shift in
superparadigm.
thomas kuhn coined the term "paradigm" to refer to the beliefs and assumptions
underlying a particular science. but beneath all our scientific paradigms lies
an even deeper and more pervasive assumption: the belief in the primacy of the
material universe. when we fully understand the world of
space-time-matter-energy , we will, it is believed, be able to account for
everything in the cosmos. being the paradigm behind nearly all our scientific
paradigms, this worldview has the status of a "superparadigm".
eminently successful as this model has been at explaining the world around us,
it does not have much to say about the nonmaterial world of the mind. indeed,
nothing in the physical sciences says living systems should be conscious. yet
the reality of consciousness is apparent to each and every one of us. as far as
the current superparadigm is concerned consciousness is a great anomaly.
kuhn showed that when anomalies first arise they are usually overlooked or
rejected. or, if they cannot be so easily discarded, they are incorporated in
some way, often clumsily, into the existing model.
[non-text portions of this message have been removed]