co-existing -> fuzziness -> transfiguration -> LO24441

From: ACampnona@aol.com
Date: 04/24/00


Dear Teachers & Learners,

"Those who have never had the experience of having to see and to see at
the same time that they also longed to transcend all seeing, will scarcely
imagine how definitely and clearly these two processes co-exist and are
felt at the same time." Nietzshe.

"In reality a great clearness helps but little towards affecting the
passions, as it is some sort of enemy to all enthusiasms whatever."
Edmund Burke.

(Speaking of the Necker cube), "- My point was that there are two ways of
looking -. If properly understood they are equivalent; two views of the same
truth. You can flip from one to the other and it will still be the same
neo-Darwinism. -Now I think this metaphor too cautious.
Rather than propose a new theory or unearth a new fact, often the most
important contribution a scientist can make is to discover a new way of
seeing old theories or facts. - A change of vision can, at its best, achieve
something loftier than a theory. It can usher in a whole climate of thinking,
in which many exciting and testable theories are born, and unimagined facts
laid bare. -What we are talking about is not a flip (from this to that) to an
equivalent view but, in extreme cases, a transfiguration."
Prof. Richard Dawkins. Preface to 1989 edition. 'The Selfish Gene'

Best wishes,
Andrew Campbell

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ACampnona@aol.com

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