Imagination vs. Scientific evidence

[universecannon]

We don't have a damn clue what the imagination truly is. Most people barely even dig into the tip of that endless iceburg

 

[Nathanial.Dread]

We don't have a damn clue what the imagination truly is. Most people barely even dig into the tip of that endless iceburg

This is a bit of a tangent, but your comment made me think of this:

There's a newly described condition called Aphantasia, in which people seem to have no minds-eye, or imagination. Here's a BBC article on it.

Blessings
~ND

 

[Koornut]

How much weight can you put into an experience that feels real?

As much or as little as you damn well please :lol:

How heavy a single experience sits in the total sum of experiences for the individual depends upon how important the individual deems that experience.

For example:

Many years ago now, I was relaxing in my mothers backyard enjoying a cigarette and listening the symphony of native birds sing the sun away over the horizon. I cannot for the life of me recall the details of what was going through my head at the time. This wasn't a terribly profound happenstance, quite ordinary actually. When a money spider crawled along my finger, I'm not sure if you get money spiders outside of Australia. They are under 2mm in size and are translucent red and the myth is that when you see a money spider it is a sign of forthcoming fortune etc. Anyway, this little guy was doing his/her/it's thing along my finger, all the while I was completely transfixed by the scene. I was hypnotised, this was the most important thing that had happened to me to date, or so I though.
Every time since then, when I see a spider (it doesn't matter about the colour) that scene plays out in my head. Because at the time I attributed so much weight to the memory.

Needless to say the myth was, as some of you might have guessed, just a myth.
Fun though. Messing with your imagination/memory bank.

Anyway, the stories we tell ourselves about the true nature of reality/realness are ours and ours alone. If you can find a suitable language with which to express your story to others, and they don't mind. Then you do you boo.

 

[universecannon]

We don't have a damn clue what the imagination truly is. Most people barely even dig into the tip of that endless iceburg

This is a bit of a tangent, but your comment made me think of this:

There's a newly described condition called Aphantasia, in which people seem to have no minds-eye, or imagination. Here's a BBC article on it.

Blessings
~ND

Fascinating, thanks for this

 

[Jees]

...There's a newly described condition called Aphantasia, in which people seem to have no minds-eye, or imagination. Here's a BBC article on it...

Curious thing! Thanks for sharing.

 

[ganesh]

Well said Jees!

I think it's a case of imagination opens up the possabilities to do things, then Science is consulted to aid this thing getting done. Indeed imagination is king because it can dream up new things, it is our job to realise that thing.

Shamans for example work with the spiritial realms to create an effect in the physical realms.

Imagination over science, especially because science is but an insult to our imaginative capabilities, it is always in 'catch up' mode. Should we dismiss stuff untill science can prove it? Of course not, we might be waiting a very long time!

 

[Jees]

I haven't said much, Albert did it

I rather see imagination and science go hand in hand (as in no-insult), inspiring and motivating each other. A dynamic between them brings along that they are not always on same page. But that could be a synergistic motor too, not necessarily a competition.

If you see a scientific formula, one must imagine what the components actually represent, and how they dance with each other. Else it's just scrawled symbols. So science is a part of the imaginary realm in that way. Try to find a mathematical plane in nature, very hard, it must be imagined. I see not much of "versus" in "Imagination vs. Scientific evidence".