Magic is the palaeontology of science. This could mean that science is merely the stepping stone to something else.....

Therefore do not place too much faith in rationality.

We look back upon the times of mysticism with scorn.

But one day in the future they will look back upon these times of science with scorn.

Mathematics and materialism are only good for fostering a situational awareness as we navigate this waking world.

But this waking world is just the part of the dream that shrouded in the least shimmering mist.

So we must use our ears as well as our eyes.

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BlueSkyKing · M

I have zero use for woo-woo. My adage is: If it’s not science, it’s superstition.

GeraldVeritasSeeker · 18-21, M

@BlueSkyKing and one day science and superstition (by which you mean mysticism) will be described by the same word.

BlueSkyKing · M

@GeraldVeritasSeeker No, the Enlightenment made superstition untenable. Science is a method, not a position. If there was a way to detect, measurable, and conduct repeatable tests of what you call "mysticism", then it will be science.

GeraldVeritasSeeker · 18-21, M

@BlueSkyKing when we have evolved more, developed the capacity to sense things that we cannot feel, that will be a new Enlightenment.

That will be the Transenlightment and science will be regarded the same as mysticism.

BlueSkyKing · M

@GeraldVeritasSeeker What exactly do you need to validate? We don’t depend on our senses, they are very flawed. Right now, we have many machines that work fine. They can detect things far better than the senses of any animal. Also, these machines get the data right.