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are you distinguishing between thoughts and ideas ? =C2 attempted solutions. , random reaches.? =A0

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Agree--it all begins with an idea

What is the source of ideas -including mathematical ideas or mathematica= imagination ? Any imagination !?

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From: Deepak Chopra
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 9:01AM
To: Michael Shermer
Subject: Re: My chapter on you

Dear Michael,

Your chapter reads well and is certainly more than fair about me, given=the general unfairness I've experienced from militant atheists and har=-boiled skeptics. Thanks for being so open-minded.

My only comments have to do with making a difficult subject more access=ble to your readers.

1. I'd slow down at the passage about "redness" and spell=out that the brain is dark but we see light' the brain is silent, but =e hear' the brain contains no pictures, but we see full-blown three-dimensional images. Then open up how a neuron works, firing the same=chemical signals as any other cell with small modifications. So how =oes a brain cell, born of the same strand of DNA as a stomach o liver cell= think? It seems to me that a brain cell cannot think.

2. On a basic chemical level, the sugar in a sugar cube or the gl=cose in the bloodstream has no special properties; the molecules do not pa=ticipate in mental activity until they enter the brain. You might want to point out this mystery and also note that mat=rial monists must show the exact point when molecules exhibit mind-like be=avior.

3. Freeman Dyson, among other physicists, cites the mind-like behavior =f subatomic particles as they "choose" and "decide" wh=t state in the wave-particle duality to exist in. Here's a nice quote from Dyson:

"It would not be surprising that the =rigin and destiny of the energy in the universe cannot be completel= understood in isolation from the phenomena of life and consciousness--It is=conceivable---that life may have a larger role to play than we have imagined.=quot;

"Life may have succeeded against all=C2 odds in molding a universe to its purposes. And the design of the ina=imate universe may not be as detached from the potentialities of life=and intelligence as scientists of the 20th century have ten=ed to suppose"

4. You say that choosing between materiali=t monism and consciousness monism isn't the point, but it is. Consciou=ness monism or "mind first" must show how mind turns into matter= Materialistic monism or "matter first" must do the opposite, demonstrating how matter can produce mind. Even though the &=uot;matter first" crowd are far ahead in scientific acceptance, in fa=t we see mind produce matter every time a synaptic gap is crossed by neuro=ransmitters or hormones are triggered by experience. A person who is phobic sees a spider and reacts violently at t=e level of stress hormones, elevated heart rate, elevated blood pressure, =tc. This physical state is entirely produced by a mental interpretation th=t a harmless insect is cause for panic.

5. I'm not sure about how you introduc= monism. There are famous Western monists among idealistic philosoph=rs who are a) not materialists and b) not" Eastern". Since "=monad" as a philosophical term is associated with Leibnitz, you'll see that it refers to an indivisible "substance," whi=h may seem materialistic, until you discover that one order of this substa=ce is the soul.

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From: Michael Shermer
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 9:43:37 AM
To: Deepak Chopra
Subject: Re: My chapter on you

No rush at all. My manuscript is not due for many months.

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Thanks Michael I'm teaching a course b=t will address it ASAP

Do you have a deadline ? =A0 Love and thanks

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Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 9:36:07 AM
To: Deepak Chopra
Subject: My chapter on you

## Hi Deepak,

For my next book, Heavens on Earth, I have expanded that Scientific America= column into a full-length chapter. Could you do me a big favor and read i= and let me know if I have fairly represented your position and that of th= Eastern Wisdom Traditions? Please feel free to turn on the track changes and change the wording of how you w=uld say something, if you prefer. I used many sources: your emails, articl=s, blogs, talks, debates, books, etc. Or even my own words if I have misde=cribed what you believe or that of the Eastern Wisdom Traditions.

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