RE: Ego-- harmful delusion or pragmatic necessity?
April 28, 2015 at 7:01 pm
(This post was last modified: April 28, 2015 at 7:03 pm by bennyboy.)
Well, if science is our best path toward truth, and is based on honest and accurate observation, then the point would be to completely remove bias and delusion from the process of observation, therefore resulting in the purest possible science, and the most efficient pursuit of truth.
I'm not so sure that an egoless person would be a tree. Such a person would still be able to interact with the world: talk, walk, think, observe.
That's the thing that mystifies me-- how rarely the scientific process is turned toward the self. We want to know every little thing about the universe, but have so little understanding of what it is like to be ourselves.
I'm not so sure that an egoless person would be a tree. Such a person would still be able to interact with the world: talk, walk, think, observe.
(April 28, 2015 at 12:51 pm)wallym Wrote:(April 28, 2015 at 10:54 am)Rhythm Wrote: We use science all the time without -being- scientists or transforming ourselves into objective whatsits. Toddlers do it, hell, infants do it. I think you'll be able to manage to continue using science properly without making any changes.
If you aren't going to change how you live based on the scientific conclusions, what's the point of pursuing the issue? Makes more sense just to live in ignorance and not worry about it.
That's the thing that mystifies me-- how rarely the scientific process is turned toward the self. We want to know every little thing about the universe, but have so little understanding of what it is like to be ourselves.
