Darwin's evolution theory in crisis - Theosophy.Net2024-03-29T15:55:12Zhttps://theosophy.net/forum/topics/darwins-evolution-theory-in?id=3055387%3ATopic%3A18501&feed=yes&xn_auth=noYes. I would like to add that…tag:theosophy.net,2011-08-19:3055387:Comment:748812011-08-19T09:32:50.757ZMartin Euserhttps://theosophy.net/profile/MartinEuser
<p>Yes. I would like to add that nobody can <em>prove</em> a theory.</p>
<p>Scientists, like everybody else, have to work with a perceptual framework/worldview/paradigm which determines what kind of experiments they perform and how the data are interpreted. Their goal is to understand phenomena and be able to control-manipulate these latter. The danger lies in lacking the necessary wisdom and yet manipulate the kingdoms of nature. We will reap what we sow in that…</p>
<p>Yes. I would like to add that nobody can <em>prove</em> a theory.</p>
<p>Scientists, like everybody else, have to work with a perceptual framework/worldview/paradigm which determines what kind of experiments they perform and how the data are interpreted. Their goal is to understand phenomena and be able to control-manipulate these latter. The danger lies in lacking the necessary wisdom and yet manipulate the kingdoms of nature. We will reap what we sow in that regard.</p>
<p><br/><cite>L.k.A. Kirui said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://theosnet.ning.com/forum/topics/darwins-evolution-theory-in?commentId=3055387%3AComment%3A75137&xg_source=msg_com_forum#3055387Comment75137"><div>I myself prefere a rational theory to a 'proven' theory. What is 'proven' to one person is not to another person. Experimentantion and scientific 'proofs' are not the ultimate sourse of knowledge. I came to spiritualists seeking not so much the facts but just rational explanations of which they offer far better ones than physicists who unecessarily ignore the 'unseen things' even just for the purposes of theory. The have only end up with irrational theories!I myself prefere a rational theory to a 'proven' theory. What is 'proven' to one person is not to another person. Experimentantion and scientific 'proofs' are not the ultimate sourse of knowledge. I came to spiritualists seeking not so much the facts but just rational explanations of which they offer far better ones than physicists who unecessarily ignore the 'unseen things' even just for the purposes of theory. The have only end up with irrational theories!</div>
</blockquote> No surprise here. It is a wel…tag:theosophy.net,2009-10-29:3055387:Comment:208852009-10-29T09:55:29.434ZMartin Euserhttps://theosophy.net/profile/MartinEuser
No surprise here. It is a well-known fact that organisms can adapt to (changing) circumstances.<br />
They in turn effect their environment. As to the so-called random mutations: we may never know what is truly random, if there is such a thing at all, and what not. Until now, biologists have evaded many basic questions around evolution, as you will find in the linked articles in my note.<br />
Not to mention that most of them are in firm denial as to purposive evolution.
No surprise here. It is a well-known fact that organisms can adapt to (changing) circumstances.<br />
They in turn effect their environment. As to the so-called random mutations: we may never know what is truly random, if there is such a thing at all, and what not. Until now, biologists have evaded many basic questions around evolution, as you will find in the linked articles in my note.<br />
Not to mention that most of them are in firm denial as to purposive evolution. Richard: Yesterday I had a lo…tag:theosophy.net,2009-10-05:3055387:Comment:198812009-10-05T21:01:35.736ZMartin Euserhttps://theosophy.net/profile/MartinEuser
Richard: Yesterday I had a look at your and your friend's website.<br />
I can see what you are aiming at. It is rather abstract in its formulation.<br />
It will benefit from some concrete examples or applications, but I suppose that will come with time.<br />
Transformations/phase transitions and the like will probably form a part of this model? How do qualities or gunas fit into this model?
Richard: Yesterday I had a look at your and your friend's website.<br />
I can see what you are aiming at. It is rather abstract in its formulation.<br />
It will benefit from some concrete examples or applications, but I suppose that will come with time.<br />
Transformations/phase transitions and the like will probably form a part of this model? How do qualities or gunas fit into this model? An act of will?
How one answe…tag:theosophy.net,2009-10-05:3055387:Comment:198482009-10-05T00:37:03.137ZRichard Sillikerhttps://theosophy.net/profile/RichardSilliker
An act of will?<br />
How one answers that depends on the simplicity/complexity of the Rational Paradigm in question.<br />
Let us assume we are referring to human Rational Paradigms.<br />
Innately will arises from metabolism.<br />
Intrinsically will arises from Gravity.<br />
Abstractly will arises from experience.<br />
The Act of Will (behavior) is always a sacrifice. We sacrifice the whole truth of any given experience for the value to which we are constrained.<br />
If you will, think of "like" (the verb - to like).<br />
The likes of…
An act of will?<br />
How one answers that depends on the simplicity/complexity of the Rational Paradigm in question.<br />
Let us assume we are referring to human Rational Paradigms.<br />
Innately will arises from metabolism.<br />
Intrinsically will arises from Gravity.<br />
Abstractly will arises from experience.<br />
The Act of Will (behavior) is always a sacrifice. We sacrifice the whole truth of any given experience for the value to which we are constrained.<br />
If you will, think of "like" (the verb - to like).<br />
The likes of our experiences reside within an imaginary center.<br />
These are surrounded by the dislikes of our experiences.<br />
Indifference surrounds both of these.<br />
Our dislikes protect us from this unknown, while our likes become our gravity.<br />
Will is like a flow within a gravitational mass that forms a fulcrum (base) between our likes and dislikes.<br />
The attempt to resolve our likes and dislikes is an attempt to accommodate this flow - we call it Ambivalence.<br />
Will describes the resolution of Ambivalence.<br />
Free Will describes the truth of each human Rational Paradigm to resolve ambivalence according to their capacity and their experience alone.<br />
We have free will distinct from any other Rational Paradigm because our gender has been abstracted from our sexuality. Humans apart from all other creatures can bind their sexuality to their dreams and they can do so to their nightmares.<br />
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God Bless<br />
dwc For some reason the "reply to…tag:theosophy.net,2009-10-04:3055387:Comment:198472009-10-04T23:02:36.090ZRichard Sillikerhttps://theosophy.net/profile/RichardSilliker
For some reason the "reply to this" did not appear where it should have.<br />
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Reply by Martin Euser 22 minutes ago<br />
Where did you find these conditions? They are very succinctly formulated. Where can I find a broader description?<br />
What about an act of will? Is that covered by the abstract condition? Which binding do you refer to?<br />
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We have been working on this model for over five years now and came up with them. Our website is <a href="http://www.rationalmechanisms.com">www.rationalmechanisms.com…</a>
For some reason the "reply to this" did not appear where it should have.<br />
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Reply by Martin Euser 22 minutes ago<br />
Where did you find these conditions? They are very succinctly formulated. Where can I find a broader description?<br />
What about an act of will? Is that covered by the abstract condition? Which binding do you refer to?<br />
<br />
We have been working on this model for over five years now and came up with them. Our website is <a href="http://www.rationalmechanisms.com">www.rationalmechanisms.com</a> . An act of will would be found in the intrisic condition, this is where the binding occurs that gives rise to the abstract. When I speak of value I am re…tag:theosophy.net,2009-10-04:3055387:Comment:198462009-10-04T22:52:02.358ZRichard Sillikerhttps://theosophy.net/profile/RichardSilliker
When I speak of value I am referring to any flow within given flow. In the RMCM we are an abstraction that arises out of value. This flow is transcendent. We are novel and as such we can not experience the feelings others have. This is the sacrifice of context, no two things can occupy the same space. Also we lack the ability to "see" the change in context (motion) and movement concurrently.
When I speak of value I am referring to any flow within given flow. In the RMCM we are an abstraction that arises out of value. This flow is transcendent. We are novel and as such we can not experience the feelings others have. This is the sacrifice of context, no two things can occupy the same space. Also we lack the ability to "see" the change in context (motion) and movement concurrently. "In Theosophy, as well as in…tag:theosophy.net,2009-10-04:3055387:Comment:198452009-10-04T22:39:46.133ZRichard Sillikerhttps://theosophy.net/profile/RichardSilliker
"In Theosophy, as well as in all philosophical systems worthy of the name, Spirit is seen as a causative factor regarding manifestation (form-world)."<br />
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We are unable to see cause, however this would seem to be a resonable metaphor.<br />
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"Do you believe ("or have faith") in free will?"<br />
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Yes.<br />
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"blind faith."<br />
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Gratuitous indifference?<br />
<br />
"Why is your feeling ambivalent, if this is not too private a matter?"<br />
<br />
Thank you for asking. I am uncertain because the authors appear to presume.
"In Theosophy, as well as in all philosophical systems worthy of the name, Spirit is seen as a causative factor regarding manifestation (form-world)."<br />
<br />
We are unable to see cause, however this would seem to be a resonable metaphor.<br />
<br />
"Do you believe ("or have faith") in free will?"<br />
<br />
Yes.<br />
<br />
"blind faith."<br />
<br />
Gratuitous indifference?<br />
<br />
"Why is your feeling ambivalent, if this is not too private a matter?"<br />
<br />
Thank you for asking. I am uncertain because the authors appear to presume. That is true too, in general.…tag:theosophy.net,2009-10-04:3055387:Comment:198442009-10-04T22:37:01.592ZMartin Euserhttps://theosophy.net/profile/MartinEuser
That is true too, in general. But we always "sacrifice" the whole truth of an experience, because we, as limited beings, cannot perceive but through the lens of our experiences.<br />
Living (for humans) without values would be impossible, I suppose.
That is true too, in general. But we always "sacrifice" the whole truth of an experience, because we, as limited beings, cannot perceive but through the lens of our experiences.<br />
Living (for humans) without values would be impossible, I suppose. Where did you find these cond…tag:theosophy.net,2009-10-04:3055387:Comment:198432009-10-04T22:32:55.346ZMartin Euserhttps://theosophy.net/profile/MartinEuser
Where did you find these conditions? They are very succinctly formulated. Where can I find a broader description?<br />
What about an act of will? Is that covered by the abstract condition? Which binding do you refer to?
Where did you find these conditions? They are very succinctly formulated. Where can I find a broader description?<br />
What about an act of will? Is that covered by the abstract condition? Which binding do you refer to? In Theosophy, as well as in a…tag:theosophy.net,2009-10-04:3055387:Comment:198422009-10-04T22:22:52.225ZMartin Euserhttps://theosophy.net/profile/MartinEuser
In Theosophy, as well as in all philosophical systems worthy of the name, Spirit is seen as a causative factor regarding manifestation (form-world).<br />
I have written extensively on the use of the thinking faculty and its effect on one's life. This is ancient knowledge. The emperor-philosopher Marcus Aurelius has said some pertinent things about this too. I paraphrase him in my ebook.<br />
(your life is a reflection of how/what you think).<br />
<br />
Do you believe ("or have faith") in free will?<br />
<br />
Faith is a…
In Theosophy, as well as in all philosophical systems worthy of the name, Spirit is seen as a causative factor regarding manifestation (form-world).<br />
I have written extensively on the use of the thinking faculty and its effect on one's life. This is ancient knowledge. The emperor-philosopher Marcus Aurelius has said some pertinent things about this too. I paraphrase him in my ebook.<br />
(your life is a reflection of how/what you think).<br />
<br />
Do you believe ("or have faith") in free will?<br />
<br />
Faith is a verb with a resulting state of mind. Faith is born out of experience unless it is blind faith.<br />
Yes, this world is a world of action.<br />
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Why is your feeling ambivalent, if this is not too private a matter?