Comment on The Scientist, by John Lilly. Link to thread on Amazon.com
Lilly gave deep prolonged brooding thought to the matter of standards of evidence. Many times in "The Scientist," he clearly communicates his questioning of the reliability and essential reality of what he was experiencing. He depicts in plain language the "back and forth" of his inner debate about this issue.
Some things can only be measured and apprehended experientially (example: the taste of an orange). Since we have to rely on subjective experiences to find out about certain parts of reality, I am glad that we had Lilly, whose training in applied western science was the best available, writing about his experiences. He made an exceptional effort to separate out his personal agendas, and other contaminating informational "noise."
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