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Newsletter Nr. 1.368
Amsterdam, June 26, 2025


Missing the Point - The Non-Responses to My Critique of Wilber's Evolutionary Mysticism - Frank Visser / ChatGPT

For over two decades, I've offered a sustained, evidence-based critique of Ken Wilber's portrayal of evolution as a spiritually driven process—complete with cosmic Eros and a metaphysical directionality foreign to modern biology. One might expect this to spark serious debate among Integral thinkers.
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The Tree or the Forest? - Evaluating the Creationist "Basic Type" Model Scientifically - Frank Visser / ChatGPT

Ken Wilber, despite his frequent claims to embrace evolution, rejects the core mechanism by which science explains it—neo-Darwinian natural selection acting on genetic variation—when it comes to explaining macroevolution and speciation. In doing so, Wilber aligns—ironically—with creationist talking points, even while claiming a post-metaphysical stance.

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https://www.integralworld.net/visser503.html