Re: Einstein on Science
There are different levels as well as different languages of "description" and my guess is each like a genome is personal. That doesn't mean we can't agree on some levels. Yes, it's red, yes it weighs 10 pounds. Yes, there are balls in both basketball, soccer, and baseball. But...
If you look at the YouTube of Steven J. Gould and Sheldrake, Gould points out that a carrot is as highly developed as a cow so eating meat or carrots is the same. How about trying to find points with science on which you can both agree. Penicillin cured syphilis, not herbs, meditation, energy work, etc. The person who discovered it was no more or less conscious than his neighbor, but it took scientific methods to develop and save so many lives. Syphilis was around for thousands of years, surrounded by conscious beings. Consciousness without the language of science is also conscious, but not as useful for certain things.
It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.
Albert Einstein
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Yes sir! You said it when we first met. Science is one language in consciousness. There are other languages consciousness uses - art, music, poetry, love, delight, pleasure, joy, and of course, consciousness is life.
Deepak Chopra
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I will look up the video and I agree with every point you make. But we agree - I think- that scientism is misleading and can be dangerous. Science cannot explain experience including the experience of doing science. Science cannot explain consciousness. Science is an activity in consciousness. Theories are conceived in consciousness. Experiments are designed in consciousness. Observations are made in consciousness. Consciousness is the ontological primitive not matter. Matter is the experience of sensations and sense perceptions in consciousness. It does not exist as such! Consciousness must be included in expanded science even though there is no equation for it. I'm off to lecture. Wishing you a joyful day.
Deepak Chopra
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