Re: Sheldrake (MD economics of want and greed 4)

From: David MOREY (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Wed Sep 03 2003 - 19:54:14 BST

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    Hi Scott

    thanks for below, I agree entirely.

    David Morey
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Scott R" <jse885@spinn.net>
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    Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 11:19 PM
    Subject: Re: Sheldrake (MD economics of want and greed 4)

    > Jonathan,
    >
    > > Jonathan replies:
    > > Please note that Rupert Sheldrake's Morphic Fields idea has failed to
    gain
    > > serious credence.
    > > The observations Sheldrake cites are controversial (conventional
    > > explanations work just as well as Sheldrake's) and Sheldrake has been
    > unable
    > > to provide an acceptable means of testing his ideas. A quick Google
    search
    > > will throw up plenty of material on Sheldrake, from which it quickly
    > becomes
    > > apparent that contrary to 20 years ago, few scientists now take him
    > > seriously - the ideas just didn't pan out.
    >
    > On the other hand, work in seeking mechanistic explanations for such
    things
    > as instinctual behavior, how language is learned and used, or how memory
    > works, haven't panned out either, and this in spite of getting most all
    the
    > grant money and holding most all the research positions. Conventional
    (read
    > materialist) explanations do not work just as well in these areas, for
    > reasons I have given in the past (roughly, trying to explain perception
    > through the products of perception).
    >
    > - Scott
    >
    >
    >
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