From: Robin Faichney (robin@mmmi.org)
Date: Tue 25 Oct 2005 - 08:38:28 GMT
Monday, October 24, 2005, 10:03:10 PM, Dace wrote:
> Why not attribute radio, for instance, to magic? After
> all, from a material standpoint nothing mediates the reception of a signal
> from a transmitter. And how about a pair of magnets that "magically"
> attract each other at a distance? Again, from a material standpoint,
> nothing mediates event, since a magnetic field is composed of space, not
> matter. And if spatial systems can be viewed holistically, why not temporal
> systems?
> Reductionism rests on the common sense notion of contact mechanics between
> visible components. This is not a scientific concept but a deeply
> ingrained, widely distributed habit of thought, i.e. a highly successful
> meme.
Visibility is not the issue. Detectability is. The notion that
conventional scientists have problems dealing with anything they can't
actually see is ridiculous. What they have a problem with is things
that cannot be detected. Radio signals can easily be detected at any
point between transmitter and receiver. You ask us to believe in an
influence that is utterly undetectable. That's the difference.
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