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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:06 AM Original message |
David Brooks: Science and Buddhism are converging |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. Brooks is very good sometimes |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I think that if everyone lost Kristol's phone number... |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. touche' |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. well he surprised me with this article |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. yeah he does that from time to time |
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NewHampshireDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
4. Hmmm .... interesting ... |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Its very difficult to discuss in some ways |
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NewHampshireDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Thanks for sharing your insights ... |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 06:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. There is no Buddhist Bomb, but there is Buddha Palm |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 05:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. You say "There can be no conflict between science and Buddhism" |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. he seems to be saying a whole lot of nothing |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 02:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. what I found interesting is that he is saying that science |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 03:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. yes, you can be buddhist and be atheist |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yes of course |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 06:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. well, people tend to 'worship' some 'other force' |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 06:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. thank you, RainDog. |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 07:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Perhaps this is a bit geeky but |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 06:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. can you find the archival source of that first quote? |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. It sometimes seems there's no end to made-up Einstein quotes |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. thank you very much, charlie |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-21-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Hey Duppers |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
14. No. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. If you read the article you will see that this has nothing to do with the |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. No. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. definitive statements in areas of metaphysics are by definition statements of |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. What part of "no" do you not understand? |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-15-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. Holy shit. How did we get from a brain scan to "respect for elevated spiritual states?" |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Is the human brain still the most advanced computer on this |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Do you believe the brain operates like a computer? |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. It seems like a lot of people - scientists included - haven't quite grapsed the basic idea |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. EXACTLY. |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-20-08 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
24. They're not the same, nor can they reach the same conclusions |
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