language twisting twisting
Once again i’d like to mention this book: The Cosmic Serpent
a facinating account of an antropologists journeys into the world of indiginous knowlege and utter amazement at the depth of knowlege that these “uneducated” shamans have regarding DNA (which they call “language twisting twisting”) and mitosis and medicinal properties of plants. Also includes a very interesting set of statistics (see an old post for my redigestion and investigation of these statistics) about the likelihood that the complexity of life that we observe as the result of evolution, could have actually emerged by pure chance…
Which raises a few questions i have for you:
Do you believe in evolution as a process of diversication of life via genetic mutations?
If so, do you believe that the primary driving force of these advantageous genetic mutations is random chance?
Do you believe that DNA is a language?
Do you believe that the use of language is a sign of intelligence?
Please consider sharing your answers with me{a.t}gotjosh*net
[…] Some reading in a magazine tonight revealed some writings by Robert Anton Wilson and Graham Hancock… Shedding some light on an older posts (twisting and evolution) about intelligent design (and offline discussion with Joen), and some ongoing debates with Daniel about thie issue outlined in these phrases: “substituting a true transpersonal life with a grammar structure, thinking that renouncing nouns or similar old abstinence (in spiritual work) actually works as means of becoming enlightened, while in fact it only reinforces the very thing they want to avoid. It is basically non-acceptance……. I just tend to disagree and think that relinquishing the usuage or whatever is just another superego-represion.. “ […]
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