tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post5745320921700624514..comments2024-03-28T21:30:33.665+02:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: Placebos Work Even if You Know They're Fake: But How?Daas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-39954388955092760082010-12-28T18:38:15.549+02:002010-12-28T18:38:15.549+02:00SB, if you're asking about my theory of halakh...SB, if you're asking about my theory of <i>halakhah</i>, I blogged a series on it. See the <a href="http://www.aishdas.org/asp/category/machashavah/halachah/taamei-hamitzvos/phenomenology/sort/_post_date-pp-asc" rel="nofollow">"Halakhah and Phenomenology" category</a> of my blog, <a href="http://www.aishdas.org/asp" rel="nofollow">Aspaqlaria</a>.<br /><br />There are 4 posts:<br /><br />The Very Small, Tastes and Birkhas haChamah (microscopic mites, maggot eggs, nosein ta'am, and birkhas hachamah)<br /><br />The Actually Perceived (on qavu'ah and chazaqah demei'iqarah)<br /><br />The Unperceived (on safeiq and rov)<br /><br />Chazaqah (more on chazaqah, and shedding light on a couple of counter-intuitive cases of how these rules interact)<br /><br />-michamicha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-88263284491659317352010-12-28T17:57:19.385+02:002010-12-28T17:57:19.385+02:00Science is approaching Torah. One of the central t...Science is approaching Torah. One of the central themes of Torah is that action is more important than belief. (Naseh v'nishma - do first, understand second) Here, this is confirmed as the action of taking a placebo is more important than the belief that the placebo works.<br /><br />We are living in amazing times.betzalelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-37866779169021986782010-12-28T17:17:55.851+02:002010-12-28T17:17:55.851+02:00Have you written about this theory anywhere else? ...Have you written about this theory anywhere else? It sounds interesting.sbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-42672580208312871622010-12-28T12:40:34.431+02:002010-12-28T12:40:34.431+02:00I have an entire theory of halakhah based on the n...I have an entire theory of halakhah based on the notion that it's direct experience that shapes a person. Halakhah can be phrased in terms of man's quest for refinement, or wholeness, or closeness to the Creator -- in any of which, the role of halakhah is transformative. The idea is that the bug which is too small to be seen, or a microscopic maggot egg, even if you intellectually know they are there, do not impact you on the level of personal transformation. Similarly, a piece of meat that may or may not be kosher impacts you as an unknown, and therefore can take on states other than kosher vs treif, such as "probably kosher" (rov). I relate to the meat in terms of its uncertainty, and that's what shapes me. And I discuss the other rules of doubt resolution. As well as why we make birkhas hachamah on the wrong date -- because our guts aren't mathematicians, and intellectually knowing the date is wrong does't rob the berakhah of its value.<br /><br />This study appears to justify my underlying assumption. Knowing intellectually it's a placebo doesn't change how we respond to the experience of taking it. Placebo effect works on a deeper level than conscious thought.<br /><br />-michamicha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-9349067809907405802010-12-28T05:42:52.764+02:002010-12-28T05:42:52.764+02:00this is astoundingthis is astoundingsbnoreply@blogger.com