An interesting bit that came my way, which I will let stand by itself:
So it is sometimes hard to browse
through a popular bookshop without encountering the kind of volume that takes
UFO’s, the Bermuda Triangle, the Egyptian pyramids, or whatever is of interest
to the author, and seeks to pull all the selected areas of ignorance together so
as to allow one grand theory that will account for everything. This may
be called a ‘conflation of ignorances’. In science, we do not properly
understand quantum events; nor do we understand much about human consciousness.
According to this style of approach, therefore, let us elegantly connect the
two areas, and thereby reduce two area of ignorance to one! Now there may be a connection between quantum
effects and consciousness, or there may not be. But we should be very
wary of assuming that a connection exists just because we understand neither.
from Mystery and Ignorance, by Peter Bussey.
