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Acting Like Godot · 01-08-2008, 05:05 AM

Well, Mrs Cogan, let me put it this way.

Further discussion is rather pointless because your current perceptions won't allow you to see what I am saying. That's just the way the LOA works for you.

For example, you claim to be a scientific person, yet when I say:

"refer to this book "The Intention Expeirment" and see the bibliography which will give you a few hundred references to scientific papers and scientific journals and scientific experiments done by different scientists all over the world over the past 30 years, each touching on some aspect of how thought affects reality"

none of what I say can be received by your mind. Instead you start referring to some experiment on some website which is not what I was talking about at all and of which neither you or I know enough to comment about.

You say that you believe only in science. Yet when I mention a few examples of science experiments relating to thought/reality, which have been done at leading universities such as Harvard, Stanford and Princeton,

again this eludes your perception.

You say that unlike science or chicken stew recipes, LOA is not testable. I then give many examples of how LOA is testable. I offer examples of experiments that have already been done, and I offer examples of experiments that could be done;

and once again this eludes your perception.

Effectively, if there are any points which challenge or threaten the way you currently perceive reality, you will either:

(1) simply fail to perceive them; or

(2) succeed in bringing yourself to ignore them.

It's the reticular activating cortex of your brain at work, you see? That's a key part in how LOA works in humans.

You can only perceive things which are consistent with your beliefs. And if on any particular topic or issue, you have closed your mind, then you will perceive nothing inconsistent with those beliefs. This in turn fortifies the feedback loop - since you perceive nothing inconsistent with those beliefs, you will subscribe even more strongly in those beliefs.

So further discussion is basically pointless, you see? For those whose minds are closed, nothing further will happen until they succeed in opening their minds a little.

01-08-2008, 05:05 AM	#172 (permalink)
Acting Like Godot Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,795	Well, Mrs Cogan, let me put it this way. Further discussion is rather pointless because your current perceptions won't allow you to see what I am saying. That's just the way the LOA works for you. For example, you claim to be a scientific person, yet when I say: "refer to this book "The Intention Expeirment" and see the bibliography which will give you a few hundred references to scientific papers and scientific journals and scientific experiments done by different scientists all over the world over the past 30 years, each touching on some aspect of how thought affects reality" none of what I say can be received by your mind. Instead you start referring to some experiment on some website which is not what I was talking about at all and of which neither you or I know enough to comment about. You say that you believe only in science. Yet when I mention a few examples of science experiments relating to thought/reality, which have been done at leading universities such as Harvard, Stanford and Princeton, again this eludes your perception. You say that unlike science or chicken stew recipes, LOA is not testable. I then give many examples of how LOA is testable. I offer examples of experiments that have already been done, and I offer examples of experiments that could be done; and once again this eludes your perception. Effectively, if there are any points which challenge or threaten the way you currently perceive reality, you will either: (1) simply fail to perceive them; or (2) succeed in bringing yourself to ignore them. It's the reticular activating cortex of your brain at work, you see? That's a key part in how LOA works in humans. You can only perceive things which are consistent with your beliefs. And if on any particular topic or issue, you have closed your mind, then you will perceive nothing inconsistent with those beliefs. This in turn fortifies the feedback loop - since you perceive nothing inconsistent with those beliefs, you will subscribe even more strongly in those beliefs. So further discussion is basically pointless, you see? For those whose minds are closed, nothing further will happen until they succeed in opening their minds a little.