Saturday, August 29, 2009

My great sentence

Here is the sentence I wrote yesterday which I like. I've added the whole paragraph so you can get the context. It's the last sentence.

"...Moreover, there are several good reasons why we should not overly rely on scientific models as a means to ground the validity of the phenomenon of subtle activism.
First, there is the danger that, if we primarily use the methods and standards of empirical science as a way to explain the nature of subtle activism, we risk reinforcing the pervasive cultural assumption that empiricism is the rightful adjudicator of knowledge claims from all domains of human experience, not just those emerging from the study of the natural world. Let us recall that the phenomenon of subtle activism is most often a spiritual activity -- participants typically meditate and pray, they may encounter beings from subtle worlds (guides, ancestors, angels, etc), hear messages of guidance, sense subtle shifts in collective energy flows, or simply be filled with essential spiritual qualities such as love, peace, or compassion. To burden such subtle phenomena with the demands and standards of empirical science may be the epistemological equivalent of attaching lead weights to the wings of angels as a way to measure how well they fly.

YEAH!! YEAH!! YEAAAAH!! WOOOH! WOOOH! in your FACE!!! (Spikes the ball as in a touchdown)



OK, a little bit of an overreaction, but these are the things we dissertation writers need to do to sustain our enthusiasm over the long haul.

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