(May 16, 2013 at 10:28 am)ChadWooters Wrote: I see nothing wrong with talking about soul and souls without knowing all the details.
Sure, but until something more concrete comes along, I feel that it cannot be considered in a serious manner. Based on the lack of definition and the simple place-holding the term "soul" does, I think our understanding and knowledge(or lack thereof in the soul's case) requires that we dismiss it as a concept.
(May 16, 2013 at 10:28 am)ChadWooters Wrote: Depends on how you define natural. And it also depends on how you define a gap. Quantum theory and general relativity did not just fill gaps in the Newtonian physical model. They produced a paradigm shift that completely altered our understanding of physical reality.
Natural as in "reducible solely to physical mechanisms" and gap as in "not yet understood."
Only time will tell if this theory can become as well-evidenced as those you metioned.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
