04-14-2013, 12:55 AM
(04-13-2013, 08:37 PM)zenmaster Wrote: "Magical thinking" prevails when education and common sense are lacking. Fantasy must fill in the knowledge gaps with whatever most closely resonates with whimsical desire. Not quite "science", now is it.
Regardless of the stars: but does not 'common sense' draw simply on consensus? Consensus reality is not 'real' is it? Fantasy must be sourced from imagination.
Did Einstein for example draw on consensus or on his faculties of imagination when making his discoveries?
I recall having a similar conversation with a scientologist who proposed the 'reality is consensus' view - that seemed off to me at that time.
It would seem that consensus would serve only the prevailing paradigm.
You got me slightly confused zen, care to expand?