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Article #9248Re: Does Memory Reside Outside the Brain?
From: Benj
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:12
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:12
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On Sep 13, 1:46 pm, foolsrushin <dolomi...@hotmail.com> wrote: > On 13 Sep, 16:13, Benj <bjac...@iwaynet.net> wrote: > > > > > On Sep 13, 9:29 am, foolsrushin <dolomi...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Recapitulation theory, the idea that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny > > > is quite conventional. If you decide, however, that phylogeny is > > > causal or, rather, interactive, not only an abstract noun, then you > > > are suggesting that individuals are partly instances of external > > > templates rather than mere 'mechanical' genetic simulacra. > > Yes, but the question of "external templates" was one more of mental > > memory rather than of genetic memory although the same principles > > would obviously apply there. The clear indications being the mental or > > radiative alteration of DNA. Right? > > > 'Sheldrake goes a step further by arguing that bodily forms and > > > instincts, while expressed through genes, do not have their primary > > > origin in them. Instead, his hypothesis states, the organism develops > > > under the influence of previous similar organisms, by a mechanism he > > > has dubbed morphic resonance'. - Wilkipedia > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Sheldrake. You will find a decent > > > summary there. > > In essence an extension of what I've suggested above. In this case > > he's saying that those "influences" may or may not be reflected in DNA > > chemical structure. > > > He thinks that memory is stored not just in every cell in the body but > > > also in reciprocating universal fields, indeed expressed through genes > > > but yet independent of genes, be it that they are, of course, > > > constraining, at least in the short term. > > Clearly "SOME" "memory" is retained in genes as each cell contains all > > the information needed to construct the entire body. Whether or not > > ALL personality traits are recorded there remains to be seen. > > > Practically, he needs to show, at least, as far as the body itself is > > > concerned that memory is non-local. > > Yes he does. Unfortunately most research shows that we have no idea > > what that non-local storage mechanism is nor how to detect it for > > study. > > > There is intriguing evidence that if you acquire a donor organ, you > > > may also acquire some of the characteristics of the donor - diet, life > > > style, attitudes, for example. There is quite a bit of perhaps better > > > than ancdotal evidence, for example: > > >http://www.med.unc.edu/wellness/main/links/cellular%20memory.htm > > Which are interesting stories, but do not shed light upon the question > > of genetic vs radiative storage of such characteristics as the love of > > chicken nuggets and beer. > > > He also need to demonstrate, of course, that mind, too, is not merely > > > epiphenomenal but in some sense independent of the body. > > > In a number of simple experiments, I belive he has shown this to be > > > the case. > > > The Staring Experiment, for example: > > > The feeling of being looked at from behind is remarkably common. So is > > > the experience of looking at someone from behind and finding that they > > > turn round. Surveys show that about 90% of the population have > > > personally experienced these phenomena. > > However, such data does not exactly show that mind is not > > epiphenominal of the brain, in that as I have suggested, the radiative > > transmissions of "ESP" could indeed originate from the brain. But > > virtually all mystical texts on the other hand suggest otherwise, with > > a separation of mind from body. And that theory immediately raises > > troubling questions of life after death etc. "Near death experiences" > > seem to suggest, however, that epiphenominalogical explanations of > > such experiences are not adequate. > > > Others can be found at: > > >http://www.sheldrake.org/experiments/ > > > Sheldrake is a scientist with a sophisticated knowledge of statistics, > > > conducting elegant yet low-cost experiments. > > > I'd add just one little episode. My former business partner (IQ 225), > > > TJ, physicist and chemist, worked as a trouble-shooter for a big > > > electronics company. > > > 'One day, walking two overseas colleagues from my lab to the canteen, > > > all of us chatting happily, I found myself looking down on the three > > > of us for a matter of three or four seconds oly, yet it changed my > > > view of the world!' > > > I only l learnt of this shortly before his premature death from a > > > wasting disease called inclusion body myositis. > > > I asked him what it meant in general, if veridical, though he knew I > > > did not doubt his words. He said: 'You know the answer, John: we'll > > > need a new physics.' > > Obviously your former partner hit the nail squarely on the head. Which > > is all the more reason for those well established in the old physics > > to ridicule any movements in a direction toward a new physics. Allow > > me to further suggest that in exactly the same way as your friend's > > "out of body" experience radically changed his viewpoint, the > > experiencing of valid ESP phenomena can be equally as epiphanic an > > experience. > > The general argument by "scientists" is that since the phenomena is > > transitory and unreliable it therefore must be imaginary. Obviously > > such a view is nonsense. The point being, that IF one experiences > > information transfers of the ESP type in which the statistical > > probability of that transfer happening by chance is so many orders of > > magnitude beyond credible that extra-cranial radiative transfers > > remain the ONLY reasonable alternative, then it should be obvious to > > anyone with even moderate science training that a "new physics" is > > clearly being pressed upon science. > > Great stuff! What, though, if all it is is a poor line! Double copulas > are back in season, and fizzics sure ain't your Granny on the phone, > boyo! > > Zook once asked me at what score are people just silly as opposed to > shilly. > > What one finds is that genuinely stoopid people are emotionless, > crass, ugly and subperior! > > So, what is the difference between nonsense and non-sense. Clue: > Margaret Mead. > -- > foolsrushin. I'll tell ya, sock-puppet, it sure is a sad thing when a person has the intelligence to understand the rim of reality but not the common sense to put it to practical use or even believe what they understand. Thats' what I call subperior.
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