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Re:The Folly of Scientism by derleth on Saturday December 08, 2012 @06:16PM (#4893070)
> Consciousness, experience, spontaneity, 'the present moment'..

These are all part of science.

Re:The Folly of Scientism by AffableSpatula on Saturday December 08, 2012 @06:30PM (#4893108)
Are you sure? As far as I know, none of those have testable explanations.
Re:The Folly of Scientism by derleth on Saturday December 08, 2012 @06:43PM (#4893141)
> Consciousness

Neurology has a lot of information about where consciousness comes from. It's not complete, but nothing we know is.

> experience, spontaneity

More neurology, from what I can tell that these words mean. However, they're vague, and can be defined in so many ways that I don't know precisely what you mean.

> 'the present moment'

This is amazingly vague. It could be related to time, to consciousness, or to who-knows-what.

Re:The Folly of Scientism by AffableSpatula on Saturday December 08, 2012 @06:57PM (#4893189)
That begs the question: if you weren't sure what was meant by the terms, why did you assert that they were "all part of science"?
Re:The Folly of Scientism by derleth on Saturday December 08, 2012 @08:17PM (#4893382)
As I understand them they are. I don't know what you mean by them.