I really like the direction of the latest exchange between you and Don. As
I suspected we are in full agreement in principle and motive. How to do it
is trickey and leads to intense discussion. Regarding a focus on
"understanding human understanding," I think this is the MAIN goal of it
all. What good will it do to understand nature if we don't, in the process,
understand ourselves? It's a little like the Biblical saying (I don't
really push this stuff, it just came up as some anchient wisdom) that goes
something like: "What does it profit a man to gain the world, and loose his
life."
At 12:20 PM 7/6/98 -0700, you wrote:
>> We seem to really be at a threshold here!
>
>> respectfully,
>> Don
>
>I agree. I am very interested to see if you agree that our focus ought
>to be on understanding human understanding as a means of getting through
>the remaining barriers and more importantly building the wisdom to use
>these discoveries constructively.
>
>Norm
>
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