Re: [UUPoly-L] "law" of attraction

["Catherine Deville" <catdeville@cox.net>]

And before you put your faith in a Wikipedia article on a controversial
topic, you'll also want to look at various sources and make sure to read the
talk/discussion page and remember that *ANYONE* can write or edit a
Wikipedia article.  I'm surprised no one has challenged the "neutral POV"
policy on that particular article, especially since it is part of the "
WikiProject Rational Skepticism."  Which seems to me to create a problem
with neutral POV in and of itself, since "Rational Skepticism" *is* a
philosophical POV. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_skepticism

So, if you're an epistemologist, then the article will be relevant to your
becoming informed about the Law of Attraction, but if you're not an
empiricist or an epistemologist, the article has very little information to
actually give, and with the Rational Skeptics watch-dogging such an article,
it is unlikely to ever be permitted to have a neutral POV or to provide any
information on the theories surrounding the principle. 

Yes, I'd be happy to discuss the Law of Attraction with you, off list.  It's
both a magickal principle and on some level is considered a valid principle
in some areas of psychology and neurology, as well as in some
pseudo-scientific fields such as NLP, and it's a pretty hotly debated topic
among some quantum theorist.  So if you have no problems with pseudo-science
or "magickal thinking" (I don't, which many on this list know), then there
is certainly information that you may appreciate, but if you're looking for
empirical evidence, then it is fair to say that little to none exists (that
which exists is not conclusive and can easily be interpreted to mean
something else.) 

BTW, Valerie, I love your tagline :)  I'd have voted for Matt Santos in a
heartbeat :) 

NT, 
Cat

-----Original Message-----
From: uupoly-l-bounces+catdeville=cox.net@uupa.org
[mailto:uupoly-l-bounces+catdeville=cox.net@uupa.org] On Behalf Of Valerie
White
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 3:00 PM
To: uupoly-l@uupa.org
Subject: [UUPoly-L] "law" of attraction

Before you embrace the above doctrine, I strongly 
recommend that you read the Wikipedia article on the subject.

Valerie





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