Theos-Talk Archives (June 2005 Message tt00089)

Nigel,

Thanks for answering my question. Sometimes political writings only show one side of the story and the other is needed to come to a conclusion. Quantum Mechanics theory predicted the transistor and when it was look for, it was discovered. At least that part of the story was true.

David B.

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> Dear David 
> Thank you for your response and query. 
> Very briefly, I was using the term "postmodern relativity" in a 
> generalist sense where critical thinking as a discipline associated 
> with postmodernism is "demanding" we re-examine old paradigms and 
> belief systems. 
> In the field of science, quantum mechanics forced us into a complete 
> re-evaluation of that discipline. Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, 
> Schroedinger's cat experiment and photon particle/wave theory, 
> challenge definitive and absolutist positions to say nothing about 
> theories on parallel and multiple universes. 
> Moreover, the special theory of relativity had Einstein asking a 
> train conductor "What time does the next station arrive at this 
> train?" 
> Blavatsky, her teachers and modern science are showing us that an 
> ever open and investigative mind is required if we are to begin to 
> apprehend the truths of our "dimension" of existence. 
> Whilst it is true, postmodernism per se "has made little headway in 
> the sciences", nonetheless in terms of how we think, there are 
> identifiable parallels to me. 
> Regards 
> Nigel 
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> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, david-blankenship@c... wrote: 
> > Nigel writes: postmodern relativity 
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> > From most of what I read, postmodernism is confined to the 
> liberal arts curriculum such as literature - that it has made little 
> headway in the sciences. The sources I read this in were politically 
> biased so I would like your opinion on this. The idea that truth is 
> relative and only true in its paradigm seems absurd. That the 
> Standard Model led to the transistor and other things, argues for a 
> reality where truth can be determine independently. 
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> > What inroads has postmodernism made outside literature? 
> Perhaps you could explain it simply for me. 
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> > thank you, 
> > David B. 
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