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To: goldworldnet who wrote (32352)	6/18/2014 5:40:24 PM
From: isopatch	1 Recommendation Recommended By D. Long Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 125253

Very interesting. There will always be new paradigms, and models which try to better account for the vast array of activity of which the brain and mind is capable. Competition between paradigms has always been the well spring of scientific progress. One of the most important books I ever read (when I was an undergrad) was by Princeton historian of science, Thomas Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. The purveyor of any new model will often attack and criticize prior models to help his thesis gain greater acceptance. Often this takes considerable time. Often, the generation who've built their professional or academic reputation on the prior model have to die out for the new one to gain preeminence. Apart from that? In a time of competing paradigms? First and foremost is what we learn from our own observations. Then, it's simply a matter of selecting the scientific model which best explains them. I've done that and am probably too old to change..)) Iso