if you want a good read, I suggest reading Carl
Sagan's "The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle
in the Dark"
very profound book in terms of skeptical thinking and
how to see through these flim-flams that others try to
present supposedly through a "scientific" point of
view.
Although I dont know about Wilson or his numerology
stuff, it sounds like the sort of thing, I would start
out skeptical, do some research, experiment and then
decide if it works, rather than go in completely
openminded and be converted to some mumbo-jumbo which
just gives you broad statements that could apply to
anyone, ie. horoscopes
--- Warren's Rectum <idmlist@hotmail.com> wrote:
quoted 70 lines Quoting Chispas De Muerte <generentropy@yahoo.com>:
> >
> >Quoting Chispas De Muerte <generentropy@yahoo.com>:
> > > contain 23 tracks!The satanic mason in me loves
> this.
> > > The 90's were all about hidden tracks, the new
> > > millinium is all numerology trickery! 2003 is
> here
> > > folks, better read up on your Robert Anton
> Wilson!
> >
> >While that crap is good for a quick cheap laugh, it
> takes forever to read,
> >and
> >is quite a distraction from actual reality...
>
> I'm nearly finished with Wilson's 'Cosmic Trigger',
> and though this is my
> first(of hopefully many) literary experience(s) in
> these type of ideas, I'm
> almost certain that one of the main themes presented
> by Wilson and his
> colleagues is that reality is relative. So much so
> that you can choose or
> control it through a reporgamming of your
> perceptions.
>
> >It's even more insidious because
> >while you're reading it and "getting" all the
> references, you're under the
> >illusion that you're better off for avoiding the
> usual mainstream
> >distractions,
> >while instead all you've done is accepted an
> alternate dosage of the same
> >cultural opiate...
> >
>
> I'm not sure if I understand you here...you're
> saying that the ideas
> presented by Wilson and his ilk are just something
> else to believe in, or no
> more relevent than other religous denominations or
> belief systems. By
> 'cultural opiate' I just assume you make reference
> to religion. If that is
> the point you're trying to make, I would personally
> have to disagree,
> although technically I suppose you're right. The
> difference I see, or at
> least the factors which lead me towards this
> 'belief' system rather than
> others, is that it's based on non-belief. To quote
> Wilson himself 'Belief
> is the death of intelligence', and from what I've
> grasped from 'Cosmic
> Trigger' the only thing Wilson truely 'believes' in
> is the development and
> advancement of personal and scientific
> understanding. The Numerology sutff
> is a bit hard to swallow, but I think Wilson takes
> it in support of Jung's
> collective consciouness, or 'syncronicities'. I'm a
> bit lost when it comes
> to these matter, but thats why I'm so excited to get
> hold of more literature
> on the subject. Anyway, err, sorry for spouting off
> like that.
> Nick
>
>
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