A Reverse-Paradigm Creed for the 21st Century: Why Many Scientists Still Have the Cart Before the Horse

Cooper, Peter D2016-09-062016-09-061550-8307http://hdl.handle.net/1885/108642Science, religion and philosophy should ultimately come together like the meridians at the pole. —Attributed to Fr. Pierre Theilhard de Chardin. The idea that Mind came first is as old as Mankind׳s creation myths but Science usually sets it aside the better to study nature׳s machinery. Brain-First seems to have gelled nowadays as the only acceptable scientific worldview.© 2015 Elsevier Inc. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1550-8307/..."Authors pre-print on any website, including arXiv and RePEC" from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 12/09/16).humansconsciousnessphilosophyreligionscienceA Reverse-Paradigm Creed for the 21st Century: Why Many Scientists Still Have the Cart Before the Horse201510.1016/j.explore.2015.07.008