Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. Good science deepens our aesthetic and artistic experience everywhere. Your remarks overestimate the power of science. Heisenberg's observation that looking at the atom disturbs it and thus limits our capacity to know it ! So, too, with a science of values, valuation and morals: the scientific penetration of this disturbing veil of today's blurred value vision across human consciousness can only enrich us all while leaving in place the greater mysteries for artistic and mystical discovery and appreciation. The search for meaning must use the scientific method; but, our goal must always be "religion". In any event , we have little choice; for, nature will shove it down our throats anyway: the path of science will always end at the doorsteps of art , religion and mysticism and that's ok. The depth of complexity in nature means that the scientific enterprise will always be a pimple on a horses ass. And, complexity aside, human life on this planet is a finite expression of nature, and so time runs out for human consciousness anyway. In the meantime good science enriches our gift of life in the cosmos! Thus human sience will never conquer the natural order in the sense of precision knolwedge and precision prediction. Heisenberg's "Indeterminancy Principle" applies to our efforts to develop a general science of values, valuation and morals as well; but, we choose to push to the "atoms" of value, taste, emotion and motivation to enrich human life this side of nature's "merciful" (?) limitions! Forgive this wordy tour of aesthetic horizons, somewhat expanding our M Lens thread, if not veering off topic: you can blame it all on Dominique and BD! LP6@aol.com