tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post263355974340714526..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: Adam’s rib and the sanctity of KnowledgeAnne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-87579691823056210162009-09-29T16:34:51.042-04:002009-09-29T16:34:51.042-04:00RE: Well done, John!
As I was still pondering Hol...RE: <b>Well done, John!</b><br /><br />As I was still pondering Holly’s key thesis like this one: “So since somatic ontogeny doesn’t recapitulate phylogeny, why must we insist that intellectual ontogeny does?” John’s referenced article shows that we (as erudite scientist-philosophers) must not equate somatic ontogeny (of evolutionary biology) with intellectual (or spiritual) ontogeny (of the Bible or of other religious texts) -- as so insensibly and so irrationally as Richard Dawkins has had done in his anti-religious book The God Delusion!<br /><br />Basically, Dawkinsism has tried to reduce and abuse science into his anti-religious scientism (as a tool against religious beliefs) since Dawkins was unable to elaborate nor advance science (or Darwinism), so as to help differentiate and explain the difference between modern biology and those religious (or metaphorical) intellectual and spiritual writings, as those originated in most religious scriptures worldwide!<br /><br />Furthermore, John’s reference also reminded me of reading this nice article by Sherwin Nuland recently in The New Republic <a href="http://www.tnr.com/article/my-son-the-doctor-0" rel="nofollow">here:</a> “My son, the doctor: The saga of Jews and medicine.”<br /><br />Best wishes, Mong 9/29/9usct3:32p; practical science-philosophy critic; author "Decoding Scientism" and "Consciousness & the Subconscious" (works in progress since July 2007), <a href="http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0595379907" rel="nofollow"><i>Gods, Genes, Conscience</i></a> (iUniverse; 2006) and <a href="http://www2.blogger.com/profile/18303146609950569778" rel="nofollow"><i>Gods, Genes, Conscience: Global Dialogues Now</i></a> (blogging avidly since 2006).Mong H Tan, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303146609950569778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-83983388468940545392009-09-29T12:11:17.841-04:002009-09-29T12:11:17.841-04:00Holy moly. Now THAT is much better story.Holy moly. Now THAT is much better story.Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-42388209567278884792009-09-29T01:39:40.311-04:002009-09-29T01:39:40.311-04:00You have missed the point entirely (I am kidding)....You have missed the point entirely (I am kidding). But, just maybe, it all about the wrong missing os? If I had received the following as editor of a journal, I too would have accepted it within the same 24 hours (if not minutes), It is a classic piece, and worthy of further dissemination. I just wish I had written it:<br />http://people.uleth.ca/~vokey/pdf/chronic_baculum_deficiency.pdfJohn R. Vokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03822243132435056442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-53066346770813359972009-09-28T09:42:28.662-04:002009-09-28T09:42:28.662-04:00Because of my confession, my ego is feeling pretty...Because of my confession, my ego is feeling pretty vulnerable. (Maybe a real support group is needed.)<br /><br />So I'd like to make an analogy.<br /><br />Did you ever mishear the lyrics to a song as a kid and learn them incorrectly? Then did you ever, as an adult, find yourself singing those lyrics and laugh about how ridiculous they now sound? <br /><br />That was like the rib thing for me.Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.com