INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 840 Amsterdam, March 10th, 2020 KEN WILBER'S ANTI-EVOLUTION EVOLUTIONISM - Ken Wilber Meets Ken Miller - FRANK VISSER In my preview essay "Integral Accommodationism" the book Finding Darwin's God by cell-biologist and creationism-critic Ken Miller was briefly mentioned. I made a brief comparison between his stance towards evolution, religion and Intelligent Design, and that of Wilber.[1] This topic deserves a more thorough treatment. As I noticed: Miller is a practicing Catholic and a professional biologist, who thinks there is "common ground" between science and religion. His approach to both fundamentalism and Neo-Darwinism differs starkly from Wilber's. This should, in fact, not be the case. Both authors a critical of mythic-fundamentalist religion and value science (in Wilber's case, at least in name). Integral philosophy claims to transcend and include science into a wider view of reality. Why do Miller and Wilber differ so strongly in their assessment of Intelligent Design and Neo-Darwinism? Are there any religious reasons involved? Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/visser163.html TOWARD AN INTEGRAL RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS - JOSEPH DILLARD We are now leaving an age of vast complacency and entering a time of unexpected high risk that most of us have never previously encountered in our lives. To those born into entitlement, immediate gratification, and a politically correct culture used to blaming others or circumstances for misfortune, this will be a time of ascendency for fear porn and catastrophic drama. Under pressure, people tend to melt down, regress, and turn into incoherent blobs of early prepersonal self-interest. When entire societies are addicted to noospherically-oriented work and entertainment, the shock of encountering authentic physical threats and discomforts with no easy solution is going to be confusing at best and an occasion for prepersonal acting out at worst. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/dillard38.html