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If I can't explain where the wind comes from, why there are tides, or what the sun is, I can still sail a ship. Complete understanding of all the components of
by maxmcd 9y ago
If I can't explain where the wind comes from, why there are tides, or what the sun is, I can still sail a ship.
Complete understanding of all the components of a subject or system doesn't typically seem to be a requirement to do work within that system.
- wu-ikkyu 9y agoThe wind, tides, and sun are all real, objective physical phenomenon. The mind is not so
- ferentchak 9y agoIt can be debated that the wind, tides and sun are not real and only the mind is. This viewpoint usually doesn't result in computers and spaceships being created though.
- wu-ikkyu 9y agoVery good! This reminds me of an old zen tale: >Two men were arguing about a flag flapping in the wind. "It's the wind that is really moving," stated the first one. "No, it is the flag that is moving," contended the second. A Zen master, who happened to be walking by, overheard the debate and interrupted them. "Neither the flag nor the wind is moving," he said, "It is MIND that moves."
- wu-ikkyu 9y agoI'd like to also point out that computers and spaceships are also objectively/scientifically testable and controllable, unlike the mind. There can be no objective control group when it comes testing the subjectivity of mind.
- atemerev 9y agoAnd what it is if not a physical phenomenon?
- wu-ikkyu 9y agoThen it is metaphysical and subjective, putting it outside the realm of science.