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Libby Kelleher Carr - Cut 3, Libby goes into depth about John's essays in Fight for the Quantum and how they relate to the death of his sons.
Libby goes into depth about John's essays in Fight for the Quantum and how they relate to the death of his sons.
Fight for the Quantum: Essays on Spirituality and Science Paperback – May 17, 2019
Author's Statement
... In “The Fight for the Quantum” we discuss the interplay between science and spirituality as a polemic. Sometimes subtle, sometimes, not so much. In all cases the issues are obscure. That’s why thinkers call this stuff the “Hard Problem.” In Weisberg (2019),The hard problem of consciousness is the problem of explaining why any physical state is conscious rather than non-conscious… The usual methods of science involve an explanation of functional, dynamical, and structural properties— This suggests that an explanation of consciousness will have to go beyond the usual methods of science. Consciousness, therefore, presents a hard problem for science, or perhaps it marks the limits of what science can explain. (The hard problem).There are no answers in this book - only observations of the many who claim to have answers. It’s a book about the folly of the human condition. It’s the kind of book a person can enjoy from any perspective. Rupert Sheldrake put this in context after I sent him some early material “John, I’m glad you’re writing about these topics and your style is lively and engaging, but it definitely needs tidying up a bit.” (Is he British or what?!) He suggested six changes, and I made them immediately. That’s the hard problem with this book. It wonders and wanders in everyone’s context. It does its own quantum jumps among the Dali Lama’s three options. But, It’s a hell-of-a-fun-read.
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By John and MerrileeLibby goes into depth about John's essays in Fight for the Quantum and how they relate to the death of his sons.
Fight for the Quantum: Essays on Spirituality and Science Paperback – May 17, 2019
Author's Statement
... In “The Fight for the Quantum” we discuss the interplay between science and spirituality as a polemic. Sometimes subtle, sometimes, not so much. In all cases the issues are obscure. That’s why thinkers call this stuff the “Hard Problem.” In Weisberg (2019),The hard problem of consciousness is the problem of explaining why any physical state is conscious rather than non-conscious… The usual methods of science involve an explanation of functional, dynamical, and structural properties— This suggests that an explanation of consciousness will have to go beyond the usual methods of science. Consciousness, therefore, presents a hard problem for science, or perhaps it marks the limits of what science can explain. (The hard problem).There are no answers in this book - only observations of the many who claim to have answers. It’s a book about the folly of the human condition. It’s the kind of book a person can enjoy from any perspective. Rupert Sheldrake put this in context after I sent him some early material “John, I’m glad you’re writing about these topics and your style is lively and engaging, but it definitely needs tidying up a bit.” (Is he British or what?!) He suggested six changes, and I made them immediately. That’s the hard problem with this book. It wonders and wanders in everyone’s context. It does its own quantum jumps among the Dali Lama’s three options. But, It’s a hell-of-a-fun-read.
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