Comments on: The Brain Game: Can Humans Grasp Mysteries of the Cosmos? http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2010/06/the-brain-game-can-humans-grasp-mysteries-of-the-cosmos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-brain-game-can-humans-grasp-mysteries-of-the-cosmos Blog and Podcast specializing in offbeat news Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: S http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2010/06/the-brain-game-can-humans-grasp-mysteries-of-the-cosmos/comment-page-1/#comment-2248 S Sat, 19 Jun 2010 06:44:12 +0000 http://mysteriousuniverse.org/?p=2613#comment-2248 This is sort of like comprehending the ineffable, it takes more avenues of knowing than roadmaps and schematics to realize the meaning of existence and all that's involved. The universe may be metaphorically a colossal laboratory, but it will never be intellectually grasped in a purely clinical fashion.<br><br>There is more than one way to get at truth.<br><br>Shamanism and such aren't quaint and anachronistic, regardless of our predominant contemporary way of thinking. One day maybe old and new ways of knowing will merge to yield a comprehensive resolution to the big mystery? This is sort of like comprehending the ineffable, it takes more avenues of knowing than roadmaps and schematics to realize the meaning of existence and all that's involved. The universe may be metaphorically a colossal laboratory, but it will never be intellectually grasped in a purely clinical fashion.

There is more than one way to get at truth.

Shamanism and such aren't quaint and anachronistic, regardless of our predominant contemporary way of thinking. One day maybe old and new ways of knowing will merge to yield a comprehensive resolution to the big mystery?

]]> By: J. Koyanagi http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2010/06/the-brain-game-can-humans-grasp-mysteries-of-the-cosmos/comment-page-1/#comment-2233 J. Koyanagi Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:31:33 +0000 http://mysteriousuniverse.org/?p=2613#comment-2233 This reminds me of the Richard Dawkins quote, "Are there things about the universe that will be forever beyond our grasp, but not beyond the grasp of some superior intelligence? Are there things about the universe that are, in principle, ungraspable by any mind, however superior?" This reminds me of the Richard Dawkins quote, “Are there things about the universe that will be forever beyond our grasp, but not beyond the grasp of some superior intelligence? Are there things about the universe that are, in principle, ungraspable by any mind, however superior?”

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