Peacemaking. As Above, So Below; The Quantum Origins of Life. This picture has been doing the rounds on Facebook. It’s a great example of the idea of ‘As Above, So Below’, which is a symbolic truth rather than a literal truth. If you were to push the comparison between brain cells and galaxies, it would probably break down fairly quickly. All the same, the pictures are similar and the comparison has deep appeal. Why? Speaking for myself, it makes me feel connected. It is a Neptunian experience. Why do our brains work like this? We forget this. This is also why astrology works. Strangely, literal truth and symbolic truth connect through astrology and other divination systems. I bought an edition of the New Scientist recently, because it promised an article on the quantum origins of life.
I view quantum theory as the point at which the scientific method starts to break down. So when I read about life having quantum origins, I thought that was about right. They probably never will, if you look at the history of religion. TED | Talk | Tag | Choice - StumbleUpon. Philosophy Links and resources. Platos "The Allegory of the Cave": A Summary - StumbleUpon. "In fact, you get pretty good at understanding how the patterns in the show work, and everyone else chained up is like, 'Holy shit bro, how did you know that that tree was going to fall on that guy? ' and you're like, 'It's because I fucking pay attention and I'm smart as shit.' You're the smartest of the chained, and they all revere you. " Glaucon: "But Socrates, a tree didn't really hit a guy.
It's all shadows. " Socrates: "No shit, Glaucon, but you don't know that. You think the shadows are real things. Everyone does. "So eventually, someone comes and unchains you and drags you out of the cave. "Slowly, as your eyes got better, you'd see more and more shit. "Finally you'd want to go down and tell everyone about everything you've discovered. "Philosophy, same thing.
Allegory of the Cave - StumbleUpon. Plato realizes that the general run of humankind can think, and speak, etc., without (so far as they acknowledge) any awareness of his realm of Forms. The allegory of the cave is supposed to explain this. In the allegory, Plato likens people untutored in the Theory of Forms to prisoners chained in a cave, unable to turn their heads. All they can see is the wall of the cave. Behind them burns a fire. Between the fire and the prisoners there is a parapet, along which puppeteers can walk. The puppeteers, who are behind the prisoners, hold up puppets that cast shadows on the wall of the cave. The prisoners are unable to see these puppets, the real objects, that pass behind them.
From Great Dialogues of Plato (Warmington and Rouse, eds.) Here are some students’ illustrations of Plato’s Cave Go back to lecture on the Phaedo Go back to lecture on the “One Over Many” Argument Go to next lecture on Criticism of Forms Need a quick review of the Theory of Forms? Return to the PHIL 320 Home Page. Squashed Philosophers- Condensed Plato Aristotle Augustine Descartes Hume... - StumbleUpon. A&[Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] - StumbleUpon.
Logical Paradoxes. StumbleUpon. Zeno's "Paradox of the Arrow" passage from Biocentrismby Robert Lanza M.D.Related Posts:The Paradox Of The Infinite CircleThe Liar ParadoxThe Barber Paradox Tags: paradoxes Posted in Time Comments It's just an exercise in logic by an ancient philosopher. Personal Identity, Part I: Identity Across Space and Time and the Soul... - StumbleUpon.