Guarding the Wall: tunnels, bridges and tendrils

[bandwraith at aol.com]

You mean... It's just another rope trick?  : )
 
Thinking about it in general terms, I guess there're lots of "cracked pots"- scientific, religious, artistic, etc. Some are endearing, some more consciously manipulative and willing to prey on people's niavete. But I maintain that - if I can be excused the royal "we" here- we are all a little cracked in our own way, and its probably okay to embrace our inner crack-pot, just not too vehemently, lest we seal the cracks and it becomes a pressure cooker- just enough to foster a little empathy.

I was going to say something about the Liberty Bell, but I'm uncertain now. It's Sunday here. I'll go meditate on it for awhile. 



-----Original Message-----
From: Prashant Kumar <siva.prashant.kumar at gmail.com>
To: bandwraith <bandwraith at aol.com>; pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sun, Apr 21, 2013 5:31 am
Subject: Re: Guarding the Wall: tunnels, bridges and tendrils


This guy and his quantum mechanical snake oil...in the language of my people: "madarchod".  


P. 

On Saturday, April 20, 2013, wrote:

"...On the other side of the wall are lethal enemies and malefic magic. For centuries, no one has seen the zombie-like White Walkers who live on the other side of the wall, nor the dragons that once ravaged Westeros
.
Even so, after magic and zombies fell into disbelief, a hereditary band of guardians swore an oath to keep watch at the wall, generation after generation. TED has put itself in rather the same position. What the militant atheists and self-described skeptics hate is a certain brand of magical thinking that endangers science. In particular, there is the bugaboo of "non-local consciousness," which causes the hair on the back of their necks to stand on end. A layman would be forgiven for not grasping why such an innocent-sounding phrase could spell danger to "good science."
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/dear-ted-is-it-bad-scienc_b_3104049.html



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