Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id KAA05426 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:41:53 +0100 Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:19:30 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: The Demise of a Meme Message-ID: <20010327101930.C581@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <20010326190342.AAA27691@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <20010326190342.AAA27691@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 02:03:37PM -0500 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 02:03:37PM -0500, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> On 03/26/01 12:55, Robin Faichney said this-
>
> >Conceptual emptiness can be a good thing!
>
> It's a great thing. (I really don't use 'good'....)
>
> Not only is it a great thing, it's a mandatory thing for the creative
> process, and that moment of causal, syntactical, and connected discovery
> that science and others have called the eureka moment.
>
> It is the currentless (IMHO memeless) eddy of calm that supports the
> mind, near cease from fatigue, to find a further reach in the universe.
I do cherish these occasional moments of agreement. :-)
However, I will also add: nobody (I know of) is suggesting any wierd
universe->mind information channel opens during meditation. This is
about finding new patterns in information previously received.
Developing theory, in other words, not collecting observations.
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