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mysticwarrior a dit:It seems that there are many more coockoo poeple around there on the internet
buffachino a dit:Sometimes overt eccentric’s that take something way out of context and follow some kind of occult tangent ruin the premise or the ability to discuss it for the rest of us.
Matthew Watkins a dit:The Conclusion
So we see that the value of w(k) cannot be determined from the local geometry of the six-levelled object in a neighbourhood of k. The "collapse mechanism" built into the formula is clearly k-dependent. Therefore we see that not only is the inclusion of the "half twist" failing to guarantee the "preservation" of some geometric property to which McKenna has referred, but the failure is precisely because of its inclusion. McKenna's stated reason for this (crucial) step of the construction is unacceptable. As a mathematician who has met and talked with him, who is sympathetic with the majority of his other work, and who is only interested in spreading clarity, I must conclude that the "timewave" cannot be taken to be what McKenna claims it is.
Matthew Watkins a dit:Terence and I had four lengthy, good natured, and most enjoyable discussions during the week I was in Palenque, and I was able to explain my critique step-by-step. By the final discussion he seemed to have fully grasped the nature of the problem, and had admitted that the theory appeared to have "no basis in rational thought". He claimed (and this struck me as sincere) that he was only interested in the truth, and that someone "disproving" the theory was just as a much of a relief to him as someone confirming its validity. He proposed that we collaborate on a piece provisionally entitled "Autopsy for a Mathematical Hallucination" in which we would carefully take the theory apart and see what had gone wrong. He claimed that I was the first person to approach him with a serious mathematical critique of his ideas, partly explaining why such an unjustifiable theory had not only survived for so long, but also attracted so much interest and attention.
Terence McKenna a dit:[...] Predicting the future is no challenge to anybody because who can rule you out of bounds? I think that, based on its ability to predict the past, judged by the ordinary ways we judge predictive success, that the timewave should be taken seriously. It isn't a mystical doctrine, and I don't defend it with mystical arguments. I put it forward as an exotic scientific hypothesis to be tested and overthrown by the usual methods.
buffachino a dit:Sometimes overt eccentric’s that take something way out of context and follow some kind of occult tangent ruin the premise or the ability to discuss it for the rest of us.