RE: "wuzzat?"

Gary writes
<< By no means am I suggesting that imply that mystical ideas are
unimportant, or meaningless. In fact, when we're on our death beds, many
of us will conclude that they are the ONLY meaningful ideas. They're just
not of much concern to science, nor is science of much concern to
mysticism. They contribute very little to each other.>>

Well no, mysticism can very well be the subject of scientific research.
References:
- Frits Staal: Over zin en onzin in filosofie, religie en wetenschap.
Amsterdam 1986.
- Frits Staal: Exploring Mysticism. Berkeley 1975.

He argues this on the basis of the following two recommendations:
1. Determine if everything that appears to be meaningful, is meaningful.
2. Analyse not only what is meaningful, but also what is not meaningful,
therefore everything.

Manuel Op de Coul coul@ezh.nl

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