Posted by EscherDementian on November 11, 2003, at 4:21:37
In reply to Re: DSCH » EscherDementian, posted by DSCH on November 9, 2003, at 13:57:13
> Hej? Are you perchance Dutch or German? ;-)Ooops my Freudian slip was showing... *
>>...probably already read this one~ because one of your past posts reminded me of it:
>> "The Cosmic Serpent -DNA and the Origins of Knowledge- "
> Nope. Strangely there aren't all that many books I have read cover to cover. However I grab bits and pieces that are interrelated all over the place (how's that for an ADD trait?).Seems reasonable to ME... ;-)
(i call it spherical thinking as opposed to linear, more dignity in it, no?)
i've always got six books at once going on, at least two open on my lap with the third in my hand. *LOL* -Never knew it wasn't 'normal', until arguing with my diagnosis of ADD last year, i'd said, "But i CAN concentrate! I can begin painting something at sunrise, and not get distracted until after the sun sets because it's too dark to paint! I can concentrate perfectly on three books at once..." and the PMHNP exclaimed, "But that's not NORMAL!" (...Erhm!?)
Anyway, i always do go cover to cover, at least skimming the parts i'm not interested in or seem unrelated, because then i'll inevitably draw from that info at some later time- or it inevitably comes up and clicks into place at some other time, regarding some other abstract. But i know what you mean about 'reading in relativity' :)
Novels and all creative writers i read cover-to-cover linear, because i want to get how the artist intends it.
>I am fairly convinced that philosophical materialism is quite true.Clarify?
>However I am not a die hard genetic determinist as it seems to me the brain has a degree of plasticity. I also believe QM points to there being a fundamental degree of stochasticism/probabilistic function of the universe (probably introduced at the level where spacetime ends up getting quantized itself... a question that only seems to be dodged by string theory, which has been developed classically). I think complete continuity in the physical and mathematic realms is a comforting illusion.
Ah-so. i don't see how continuity could ever NOT be true, however i am comforted more by it's incompleteness, don't you think? Someday i'll fluently understand 'mathematical realms' enough to be comfortable there *sigh*. Unification occurs to me differently from String Theory. But i am comforted and thrilled by quantum's _proofs_ of 'improbable' events and validity of probability theory. Probability has always been another Gravity Well, to my thinking. Kinda like _proving_ the mechanics of reality creation and manifestation. (was wondering when scientific proofs were going to 'catch up' with Eastern religion/philosophy's role of consciousness in the evolutionary patterns of the universe - but that's another Shrodinger's Cat, isn't it?) And our dear PB Barbara Cat already let THAT one out of the bag ;-D (appreciative nod to you, BC)
> Anyway, which posts of mine sparked this connection?i could be mistaken, but i thought at one point you posted something about ayahuasca?
"The Cosmic Serpent" is a study in ethnopharmacology. The author suggests that intelligence and conciousness may have come into man's existence through the DNA of Earth's pre-existing biological life. (plants. plants and spit. spit and dirt. dirt and wind. wind- and eating more plants.) It may be touted as a paradigm shift in our perspective of reality, but IMHO i think it describes in definitive pharmacological/anthropological terms, what religions as older than (and including) scripture have always been describing outright.
Anyway, i forget your exact post, but it occurred to me at the time that you might've read it, it's an exciting exploration.
>> (We're going to get re-directed to PB Books, aren't we? *sigh*)
>>Hej~
See you on PB Books, no? =8-)
>> Good to 'see you',
>> Escher
>
> Likewise :-)
> DSCH
>* :You do occur to me German- is it your composer/moniker? Probably a throwback from conversing with my Swedish friends via text.
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