Re: [microsound] popular computer music : oxymoron?

[NaomiDavid@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 5/20/00 1:35:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
insite@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< I agree with most of your argument. It is important to distinguish between
 science as a discipline, its funders and those who apply it. However, even
 as a discipline it is not above reproach. >>

Krishnamurti reminds us somewhere that the word "Discipline" is connected 
with the word "disciple" - a student, or, more correctly, a Learner. 
In the mainstream reality, "Discipline" acts more as a thing that prevents 
one from learning by applying the limitations of certain biases and dogmas on 
the "Disciple's" perception of reality.

I guess what I mean by that is that not only is the scientific "Discipline" 
'not above reproach', it is  necessary to contradict it in order to retain or 
maybe even recreate one's freedom.

My problem with science is less about its immoral conduct in the realms of 
vivisection and genetic engineering, and more about it's distorted use of 
discipline and authority. And by the way, I think this distortion occurs in 
people's minds and spirits and not in the establishment itself, which is 
merely struggling for its own survival.