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Originally Posted by Robert Tulip
[Snip!] From an evolutionary perspective, science is, in a sense, how the earth thinks.
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No, science is not "How the Earth thinks". The residents of the Earth are the ones doing all the thinking. The quote above, unfortunately, is an example of how a lot of "new-agers" think.
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Originally Posted by Robert Tulip
Thought is a physical product of cumulative human adaptation to terrestrial systems, making thought, like all life, a complex product of the earth. In its highest form, thought seeks to truly reflect reality. Reflecting reality through scientific thought involves representing reality, including the earth, by concepts as thought. This representation function is a physical biological product of human ecology, as are reason, will and spirit. Further, since the earth is part of the solar system, and largely a caused product of the sun, science may be seen as how the sun thinks.
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Once again, more new-age silliness. The residents of the Earth do not do the thinking for the Earth, nor for the Sun nor any planets, asteroids or comets.
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Originally Posted by Robert Tulip
Ideas are to the sun as leaves are to a tree.
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More new-age claptrap. How about an example of real thought here?
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Originally Posted by Robert Tulip
Thought is a physical product of the solar system at its most complex point – the earth. The measuring function of thought is a real physical structure in the universe, and, to the extent it is centred on our planet, all thought is in some sense geocentric.
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A penny for your "real physical structures of the universe".
