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Originally Posted by QuantumConsultant A few thousand years ago the Ancients taught of an energy force which they called Chi or Prana. In America Western science for thousands of years said this was nonsense....until recently. With modern technology western science now believes what people thousands of years knew and taught about. Thirty or so years ago Harvard University said accupuncture was bogus. Now they teach it. |
This is not true. Acupuncture is not proven to work. Placebo is, however. New Scientist did very thorough research on this several years ago, and found that the healing process itself is more important than the healing method.
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So in your comment are you saying that Plato was absolutely correct and that it is unbelievable somebody thousands of years ago had such insight, or are you saying that somebody thousands of years ago couldn't possibly know what they were saying?
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I think Plato believed what he said because it fitted his world view. In that sense he was a proto-scientist. The problem was that his logic was based on absolute truths, which are incompatible with science. Platonian teaching was not something you proved or disproved, and definitely not something you experimented with. So he was no more or less right than a modern philosopher. He was a very important figure in the history of thought.
That does not mean he was right - in fact, there is no way to test Plato's theories so they remain in the realms of philosophy.
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Instead of telling me what Plato would have said, why don't you tell me what you say?
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Nah. You can read around the forums if you like. My posts are all over the place. And not a single one of them will teach you the absolute Truth, nor bless you.
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