The dominant worldview in the West seems ready to shift from secularism to pantheism, or 'New Age spirituality', according to Nancy Pearcy. I expect this movement to become prominent in my lifetime, and here is one of the ways it should be identifiable:
The scientific theory of evolution will continue to be taught, but its supposed mechanism will change. Instead of primarily natural selection of genetic mutations, it will be physical forces driving the mutation of species. It will be said that the universe has an inherent property of promoting complexity, diversity, life, and and even consciousness, just as it has an inherent property of attraction of matter, called gravitation. It is already acknowledged that Darwinian natural selection is not adequate by itself, but a better successor is not forthcoming. The acceptance of this new evolutionary mechanism requires (and may encourage) the worldview shift that I foresee.
What other epistemological trends we should be watching today?
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Tim,
ReplyDeleteI was reviewing your Shephanim blog, when it noticed your referenced another, more introspective(?) blog. So here I am. You do have some tricks up your sleeve! But you know these are like a private man's Facebook! But at least I'm glad to have found it, and will check it out once in a while.
If I could figure out how to do Google Chat, I'd try that too.
So yesterday's elections were pretty epic. The next 2 years will be interesting.
Love ya,