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     "It is interesting to note the difference between science as we know it today, and as it was seen by one of its pioneers. Roger Bacon, considered to be the wonder of the middle ages and one of humanity's greatest thinkers, was the pioneer of the method of knowledge gained through experience. This Franciscan monk learned from the Sufis of the illuminist school that there is a difference between the collection of information and the knowing of things through actual experiment. In his Opus Maius, in which he quotes Sufi authority, he says:

There are two modes of knowledge, through argument and experience. Argument brings conclusions and compels us to concede them, but it does not cause certainty nor remove doubts in order that the mind may remain at rest in truth, unless this is provided by experience.

     This Sufi doctrine is known in the West as the scientific method of inductive proceeding, and subsequent Western science is largely based upon it.
     Modern science, however, instead of accepting the idea that experience was necessary in all branches of human thought, took the word in its sense of 'experiment,' in which the experimenter remained as far as possible outside the experience.
     From the Sufi point of view, therefore, Bacon, when he wrote these words in 1268, both launched modern science and also transmitted only a portion of the wisdom upon which it could have been based. 'Scientific' thinking has worked continuously and heroically with this partial tradition ever since. In spite of its roots in the work of the Sufis, the impairment of the tradition has prevented the scientific researcher from approaching knowledge by means of itself-- by 'experience,' not merely 'experiment.' "


--- Idries Shah, The Sufis (NY: Dutton, 1964), p. xxvi-ii.

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"I do not answer all the questions; only those which the know-alls secretly ask themselves."

--- An aphorism of Nasrudin*, ibid., p. 109.


"Suppose man’s destiny requires that in future time he should encounter other intelligences in the universe. It seems unlikely that with the means at present available to him he would be able to communicate. Some new technique, some radically different grammar of communication would be necessary. The Sufi, Idries Shah, has suggested that the human population of planet Earth is now living in ‘the eighth day of the week’. He has also hinted at the difficulties (and dangers) of a first encounter with another order of Being. Perhaps we should be applying ourselves seriously to the fundamentals of communication against the time when communication becomes a necessity rather than an option. The animal world may offer us a place in an invaluable kindergarten."

--- Edward Campbell, "Some Unusual Aspects of Communication" (1971, rev. 1988)  

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"It’s science’s dirtiest secret: The 'scientific method' of testing hypotheses by statistical analysis stands on a flimsy foundation.... Supposedly, the proper use of statistics makes relying on scientific results a safe bet. But in practice, widespread misuse of statistical methods makes science more like a crapshoot.... Over the years, hundreds of published papers have warned that science’s love affair with statistics has spawned countless illegitimate findings. In fact, if you believe what you read in the scientific literature, you shouldn’t believe what you read in the scientific literature. 'There is increasing concern,' declared epidemiologist John Ioannidis in a highly cited 2005 paper in PLoS Medicine, 'that in modern research, false findings may be the majority or even the vast majority of published research claims.'"

--- Tom Sigfried, "Odds Are It's Wrong -- Science fails to face the shortcomings of statistics",

ScienceNews (Vol. 177 #7, March 27, 2010, p. 26) 

"Corporate influence is a key driver of the political interference that obstructs, distorts and suppresses federal science."

--- Union of Concerned Scientists, Center for Science and Democracy: Promoting Scientific Integrity, "Heads They Win, Tails We Lose -- How Corporations Corrupt Science at the Public's Expense" (2012)

 
    "'Some speakers use the language of science to promote views that are simply incompatible with all reasonable understanding of the world,' says TED. 'Giving them a platform is counterproductive. [So] we've appointed a board of scientific advisers. They are (deliberately) anonymous, for obvious reasons.'

    Obviously, they're anonymous because they are hiding from anyone being able to scrutinize their decisions.

Keep in mind that, throughout history, 'scientific advisors' once insisted the Earth was flat. 'Scientific advisors' claimed inhaling mercury would cure the flu. 'Scientific advisors' once thought there were only four vitamins necessary for complete human nutrition.

    If the history of science has taught us anything, it's that scientists are perpetually delusional in their belief that they know everything. Why should we suddenly believe that the scientists of 2013 somehow know everything when the scientists of 1985, 1945, 1897 and earlier are now known to have been foolishly and arrogantly incorrect about so many things? And why should we believe any anonymous board of scientific advisors who are, themselves, beyond any measure of scrutiny?"



--- Mike Adams, "TED talks now routinely censoring scientists who share ideas on consciousness" (September 05, 2013)

 



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*Mulla (Master) Nasrudin is the classical figure devised by the dervishes partly for the purpose of halting for a moment situations in which certain states of mind are made clear. [font=Times New Roman]http://lucidity.com/MullaNasrudin.shtml[/font] Outdated --try here, why don't you

   
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Nasrudin opened a booth with a sign above it:

TWO QUESTIONS ON ANY  SUBJECT ANSWERED FOR £5.

A man who had two very urgent questions handed over his money, saying:

'Five pounds is rather expensive for two questions, isn't it?'

'Yes,' said Nasrudin, 'and the next question, please?'



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