Since I am not a scientist I cant tell you how much of a negative impact fundamentalist scientism has had on the scientific community. In fact, I didnt know that there was even such a word as fundamentalist scientism until Bernard Haisch used the word. Ive know that scientists are closed minded about anything thats not physical. In fact, science as a definition says that there is nothing thats not physical- until recently!
As our world gets smaller, as we deal with more and more hatred and diversity, and as we approach some potentially traumatic events heading into Dec. 2012, were all going to have to get our act together and start being more tolerant, maybe even more loving!
While scientists can only think of consciousness in terms of something limited to the brain, or brain chemistry, religious fundamentalists cant seem to step back from their theistic God is a super man of sorts who from time to time steps into our world based on the begging of our prayers- or maybe the quantity of the prayers.
Why must we be either religious or scientific?
Why not follow the likes of Sir Arthur Eddington (1882-1944) who was on the one hand the greatest astrophysicist in the first half of the twentieth century, verifying Einsteins general theory of relativity (in 1919), while writing one of the most profoundly spiritual works (Science and the Unseen World).
If scientific fundamentalists can believe in superstring and M-brane theories, why can they not believe in consciousness?
If religious fundamentalists can believe in a world created in less than 150 hours, why can they not believe in consciousness?
We need each other!