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Newsletter Nr. 808
Amsterdam, November 20th, 2019

CONFUSED FROM EDEN - From the Very Start Ken Wilber Misunderstood Darwinian Evolution - DAVID LANE

I like Ken Wilber and I have enjoyed many of his books, but it is beyond egregious that he hasn't addressed the gaping evolutionary hole in his theory. I would love to see him directly engage those most involved in the field, especially acerbic critics such as Jerry Coyne and Daniel Dennett. Tackle these thinkers directly, Ken, and let's see who emerges relatively unscathed after this cerebral and textual rumble. Perhaps much will be learned that will make the Integral quilt stronger. But failing to address Visser's many criticisms doesn't bode well for making progress in a field so desperately in need of it.

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THE SKEPTICAL YOGI - Part Five: Missing Train Times, Astrological Armlets, and Physically Charged Guru Manifestations - DAVID LANE

Homo sapiens often have intuitions and premonitions that we cannot logically or systematically explain. They just pop up in our brains and we sometimes react accordingly. At other times, we ignore our hunches and let them subside into the backdrop of our mind. In this chapter Yogananda describes how his guru, Sri Yukteswar, had an intuition that a few of his students were going to arrive later than usual.

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