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Evolving Evolution

By Gregon

The Skeptical Investigations website has been updated with the addition of an essay by Ted Dace, titled “The False Dilemma between Neo-Darwinism and Intelligent Design“. It makes for a very interesting read, pointing out the possibility that neither neo-Darwinian evolution nor Intelligent Design may be the real mechanisms behind life on Earth. Dace focuses on the ‘morphogenetic fields’ theorised by Rupert Sheldrake (and some other luminaries) as a possible factor in the evolution of organisms. Even if you don’t agree with the essay, it provides a mental breakout from the polar arguments which have been dominating the evolution argument.

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  1. ‘Hear, here’
    Hi,

    Thanks Greg, no respons yet from the ‘dawkinians’. For meits been almost 20 years ago i read Sheldrake’s ” a new science of life” , a book that got an extreem hostile reception by the forces of continued darkness, ergo there must be something to it. Seriously, morfogenetic fields or ” bio-aether’ puts mechanistic genetics in its place…a cul de sac.

    ” The paramount challenge expressed throughout all the Gnostic materials is for humanity to learn to see itself in cosmic terms, to recognize the Anthropos, and to resist illusions about human nature presented in bogus cosmic schemes and religious doctrines. “The Anthropos is the psychogenetic matrix of human nature.”

    Like other animals, human beings activate and unfold their potential according to what imprints them and “entrains” that potential. Most creatures are imprinted by members of their own species, of course, but humans have the capacity to be imprinted by symbolic and metaphoric systems, rather than living systems.

    Today, social psychologists use the term “metaphoric entrapment” for what the Gnostics called hal, “simulation.” Entrapping metaphors can function as attention sinks, mental prisons, addictions, and even soap-operas, but their most potent and widespread manifestion is religious belief-systems. ( see: http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs/entrap.php )

    Those who succumb to “slavery and jealousy and fear and love of worldly things” (61.4f) act wrongfully out of ignorance, not because they are bad or sinful. Alas..

    They never knew truth,
    nor will they know it
    for there is a great deception
    upon their soul, and they cannot
    ever find the mind of
    freedom, in order to know
    themselves, in true humanity. ”

    ps again most of the above snippits from http://www.metahistory.org

    ” do unto others as you would have them do unto you “

  2. Very Interesting Post!
    Greg

    This is a very interesting post! The evolution argument has become too polarized. Possibly, there are other approaches. Personally, I support the evolution side of the argument. But, I’ve always felt that we need to learn much more in order to understand how we evolved.

    kennc

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