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  1. Xref: sparky alt.dreams:4119 alt.out-of-body:504 alt.paranormal:2520 alt.sci.physics.new-theories:2405 rec.arts.books:20578 sci.psychology:4494 talk.philosophy.misc:2581
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  3. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!brutus!hughg
  4. From: hughg@brutus.ee.su.oz.au (Hugh Garsden)
  5. Subject: Re: Celia Green and the Institute for Psychophysical Research
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov24.020447.3708@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
  7. Sender: hughg@brutus (Hugh Garsden)
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: brutus.ee.su.oz.au
  9. Organization: University of Sydney, EE Dept.
  10. References:  <1992Nov17.044008.27529@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
  11. Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 02:04:47 GMT
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  14. In article <1992Nov17.044008.27529@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, mporter@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mitchell Porter) writes:
  15. |>...
  16. |> and on her theory that the fundamental motivations of
  17. |> 'ordinary' psychology and society are to be found in the desire to avoid
  18. |> reality, or at least its potentially unpleasant aspects, such as the
  19. |> perceptions of skeptical philosophy.  
  20.  
  21. I know there are psychologists (eg Schumaker? - can't remember the guys name)
  22. who have concluded that religions were invented because human beings can't
  23. face death.  
  24.  
  25. However, there are other psychologists (eg. Fromm) who have concluded that
  26. much of science, technology and capitalism exist for exactly the same reason.
  27.  
  28. Who knows?
  29. -- 
  30. Hugh Garsden        
  31. University of Sydney 
  32. hughg@ee.su.oz.au
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