“Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phenomena.”
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For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty that life holds for us - must be central, for an understanding of death is the key to liberation in life.
I read Freud's Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis in basically one sitting. I decided to enroll in medical school. It was almost like a conversion experience.
There is an urgent need for a radical revision of our current concepts of the nature of consciousness and its relationship to matter and the brain.
At a time when unbridled greed, malignant aggression, and existence of weapons of mass destruction threatens the survival of humanity, we should seriously consider any avenue that offers some hope.
