Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id NAA14647 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 13 Sep 2000 13:41:33 +0100 Subject: RE: solipsistic view on memetics Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 08:37:21 -0400 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas est veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "memetics list" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20000913123839.AAA8159@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 09/13/00 06:07, Vincent Campbell said this-
>Anyway, as an Enlightenment-project follower, unsurprisingly, I would reject
>meditative solutions to difficult questions like does the self really exist,
>and do other selves exist. Still, whatever floats your boat :-)
And yet, as much as I see little empirical or scientific validity in
meditation (but lots of self-relaxation), we still are and will remain
heuristic creatures, and floating one's own boat is the only way to
dryness.
- Wade
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