do we need a brain?

[Baecker]

hi there,

i thought this is interesting. here a link

http://www.alternativescience.com/no_brainer.htm

[nari]

Baecker

Very interesting indeed!! Thanks for a fascinating link. Will look further into it.

Nari

[Jon Newman]

While considering the source (http://skepdic.com/refuge/altscience.html) does not automatically disqualify the claims made, I think it would be a safe bet to get your info from someplace else.

[Diane]

Good catch Jon. I concur.
One wonders what his own agenda is. Meanwhile I'm sure he serves as a major attractor for all those whose incomes and livelihoods depend on replicating and infecting new generations of people with old and bogus ideas, the same way Oschmann does.

[nari]

Granted, the source is dubious and the claims may be spurious...I think we should be a little more open minded about people stating hypotheses about matters which verge on pseudoscience/philosophy.

The quick assumptions made about the Hobbit skull found in Flores, Indonesia, is a classic example. Not being able to accept or even contemplate the possibility of an entirely new species of human because it didn't 'fit their tree of human evolution', some anthropologists set about to 'prove' it was only a microcephalic homo erectus.
They nearly convinced the world with all their 'proofs' - until another skull or two were found. Eggs on many faces. The original discoverers of the skull were grinning all the way to the next cave....

And in New Scientist there is a good article on water. The author is saying 'forget chemistry, water is all about physics..' when talking about the need for water in order for life to exist. Have't read it thoroughly yet...

All I am saying is we have to be good sifters of information, and not reject something because it does not seem to fit with exactly what we know.

Enough ranting.

Nari

[Jon Newman]

Hi Nari,

I tried to leave some room for open mindedness in my post when suggesting people check elsewhere for evidence since the alt. science website is a dubious source.

[nari]

jon

True, you did.