The Science Delusion: Why God Is Real And 'Science' Is Religious Myth Paperback – July 21, 2008

If we consider that the paragon of the true scientist is the person willing to inquire into the very presuppositions upon which his or her view of science is based, then this may well be one of the most essential books about Science that a scientist or non-scientist could read.With respect, I would suggest Vahan Setyan needs to bone up on how Physics has developed since Einstein, Bohr and Heisenberg. Wilberg's brilliant deconstruction of the 'mythic' premises upon which empirical science, including Quantum Physics, is based is informed by an epistemological acumen breathtaking in its rigor and scope. Nowhere in the entire book does the author resort to anything remotely resembling a 'concept of God' as some entity. His argument is far more sophisticated than that, inviting us to inquire into and see through limitations of conceptual thinking responsible for our unfortunate, and often blind, adoption of explanatory premises which cannot withstand the profound scrutiny of a mind that deeply comprehends what Heidegger called 'authentically free thinking.'To 'get' Wilberg's argument is at once challenging and exhilarating. I guarantee, if you read this book with a fair and open mind, not only will it radically affect the way you view so called objective science, it will put objectivity itself in a context that redefines our relationship with the world we live in and which lives through us and 'as' us. That's a huge claim, I know, but this is a hugely important book. Read it. You won't be disappointed!

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It was good to discover a writer who is on my wavelenth, for the Tantric all is God, everything is the dance of Shiva Shakti and that is the primordial tradition, this notion does not need be in opposition to science though. I have been working on my own theories of the connectedness between Lancashire and Sri Lanka in relation to yogic metaphysics, we need more writers like this man who in truth are giving back to the west an almost lost tradition.

Yet comes another author who commits an intellectual dishonesty. Treating science as theory is fair, but to acknowledge the concept of god and the presence of god is ludicrous. It is heartbreaking to know a person who has been educated to the highest level and still believes in the supernatural. The tenacity of irrationality is written all over the author and his book.

This book, together with a book with the same title by Rupert Sheldrake, should be `vade mecum' for all those who are genuine truth-seekers. In this book Peter Wilberg is prepared to challenge the `generally accepted truth' of the day, as promoted by the scientific establishment. He and Sheldrake are advocating fresh perception and evidence based enquiry, challenging the modern science which is really not science in the true sense of the word, but scientism - dogmatically sticking to its theories, which, as history has shown again and again, get outgrown with new realisations that result from the growth of human consciousness. The attitude of the mainstream scientific establishment towards them shows surprising similarity with religious fanaticism. And, whilst, as a result of their `heresy', they are not burnt on a stake, they are ridiculed, ignored and ostracised.

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