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From: rjc@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Caley)
Subject: Re: Roger Penrose's New Book (in HTML) 1.0
In-Reply-To: sarfatti@ix.netcom.com's message of 20 Oct 1994 15:47:02 GMT
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In article <3863dm$a3p@ixnews1.ix.netcom.com>, Jack Sarfatti (js) writes:


js> It is curious that many of best and brightest minds in physics
js> today, like Penrose, Josephson, Tipler et-al are all on this "New
js> Age" track integrating physics with mind and meaning that John
js> Wheeler and David Bohm launched in the 70's.

Not really. There's a long history of scientists wanderring off into
the mire of mysticism. It's like athletes getting flabby and going to
seed in middle age.

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