From: "Integral World" To: Subject: Why Science Works Date: zaterdag 4 augustus 2012 22:05 INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST =========================== http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 411 Amsterdam, August 4th, 2012 THE FEYNMAN IMPERATIVE: WHY SCIENCE WORKS - David Lane’s Response to Don Salmon - David Lane Richard Feynman, contrary to your assumption, was not naive about the manifold ways that belief can influence the way we go about doing science, including how experiments are designed. But the key point I was making, which I should have emphasized more clearly, was that science makes progress because it follows the trail of evidence. One of the best ways of getting such evidence, of course, is by experimentation. This doesn’t mean that experiments are value free or devoid of human bias. That is why reproducibility and the ability to make unexpected predictions is one of the cornerstones in science. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/lane35.html THE RISE AND FALL OF KEN WILBER - MARK MANSON As humans, we have a tendency to cling to ideologies. Any positive set of beliefs can quickly turn malevolent once treated as ideology and not an honest intellectual or experiential pursuit of greater truth. Ideology does in entire economic systems and countries, causes religions to massacre thousands, turns human rights movements into authoritarian sects and makes fools out of humanity's most brilliant minds. Einstein famously wasted the second half of his career trying to calculate a cosmological constant that didn't exist because 'God doesn't play dice.' Wilber's brilliance will always be a part of me. But what he really taught me is this: There is no ideology. There is no guru. There is only us, and this, and the silence. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/manson1.html To SUBSCRIBE to this Integral World Newsletter or change your email address, click here: http://www.integralworld.net/pommo/user/subscribe.php To UNSUBSCRIBE, update your account by logging in. For explanation, see: http://www.integralworld.net/nl_faq.html ----- Geen virus gevonden in dit bericht. Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com Versie: 2012.0.2197 / Virusdatabase: 2437/5177 - datum van uitgifte: 08/04/12