Number 4 (Fall, 2000)

The Ghostly Machine pp. 3-5 by Steve Talbott
Consciousness is often derided (by those with a materialistic bent) as a "ghost in the machine." But it turns out that, in our day, it is the machine that is becoming a ghost—an abstract, dematerialized specter.

Notes and Reviews

About SENSRI p. 9
The Nature Institute welcomes a like-minded research organization pursuing a phenomena centered science.

Water's Obstinate Meanderings p. 9-11 by Steve Talbott
Thoughts on the circuitous tendencices of water. (A follow-up to "The Straitening of Science" in In Context #3.)

Feature Articles

Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) p. 12-18 by Craig Holdrege
A whole-organism sketch of a "lowly" plant with some extraordinary qualities. The skunk cabbage has a fluid, bud-like quality, and in late winter it can melt its way through the snow by means of its animal-like body heat.

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