Comments on: Escape from animalism (Cave 1 of 7) http://johnmarshallroberts.com/escape-from-animalism-cave-1-of-7 Igniting Inspiration, Keynote Speaker, Green Marketing, Strategic Communications Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:12:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: John http://johnmarshallroberts.com/escape-from-animalism-cave-1-of-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1030 John Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:16:48 +0000 http://www.jmarshallroberts.com/wordpress/?p=295#comment-1030 Hey Doug. It's basically just a didactic story that helps us understand the evolution of human thought. The idea of causality is a truly mind-blowing dimension to explore here...although, for the sake of brevity, I have to ask for a certain creative license. As for randomness, I personally see that all randomness is guided by deeper (usually non-linear) patterning forces. In other words, there is no such thing as random. My thinking on this has been greatly influenced by Chaos theory (see book 'Chaos' by James Gleick) and discussions of quantum theory (see debates between Niels Bohr and Einstein). Love to get your take on this, over a beer perhaps, someday... cheers, J Hey Doug.
It’s basically just a didactic story that helps us understand the evolution of human thought. The idea of causality is a truly mind-blowing dimension to explore here…although, for the sake of brevity, I have to ask for a certain creative license.

As for randomness, I personally see that all randomness is guided by deeper (usually non-linear) patterning forces. In other words, there is no such thing as random. My thinking on this has been greatly influenced by Chaos theory (see book ‘Chaos’ by James Gleick) and discussions of quantum theory (see debates between Niels Bohr and Einstein).

Love to get your take on this, over a beer perhaps, someday…

cheers, J

]]> By: Doug http://johnmarshallroberts.com/escape-from-animalism-cave-1-of-7/comment-page-1/#comment-1029 Doug Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:35:52 +0000 http://www.jmarshallroberts.com/wordpress/?p=295#comment-1029 This concept of causality intrigues me. So you're basically saying we, individually, strived to escape our animalistic behaviors? I may have misinterpreted that. I'm sure I did. However, I think these actions are mostly accidental -- I doubt the primitive man had the foresight to envision what life COULD be like. Rather, after a series of random occurrences and accidents, the evolutionary mind began its journey. This concept of causality intrigues me. So you’re basically saying we, individually, strived to escape our animalistic behaviors? I may have misinterpreted that. I’m sure I did. However, I think these actions are mostly accidental — I doubt the primitive man had the foresight to envision what life COULD be like. Rather, after a series of random occurrences and accidents, the evolutionary mind began its journey.

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