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'Scientists' as 'Priests of Dualism' (using 'mind' = 'scientific' way of pointing at fantasy) tolerated slavery and apartheid, 2 world wars and capitalism, but nothing outside 'science'. Dualism is a basic of Catholicism/Protestantism. [Cognitive] 'Science' is the western idea worship 'understanding', with as holy 'tables of TRUE': dictionaries / encyclopedia's / search-engines. Descartes claimed: reason gives us genuine certainty, true knowledge is certain 'Science' is the research branch of 'rationality'. It only determines the validity of what is seen as valid 'info' in rationality.
The Rationality of Science 'Science' totally controls a 'rational' world, thus 'wide acceptation' is a poor argument. Scientists have invested their entire being in 'rationally' investigating the selfmade 'rationally reliable scientific laws' of the Rational Paradigm that they themselves created since Kant, Descartes, Aquinas and Aristotle, within the Aristotelian Paradigm. A total paradigm shift shatters their window 'Western World / Catholic Paradigm / Rational Paradigm' (based on the dualism good-evil ; TRUE-FALSE). That is MUCH more than what Thomas Kuhn describes as: a drastic change of basic view WITHIN 'science' (religion), 'Rational' = denying billion of years old physical signs as evidence; considering emotion / feelings as only physical (mind-body split). Thomas Kuhn: typical scientists are conservative (animals of habit). Scientific Determinism.
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| 'Einsteinian mass' is a 'house of rules' (a Kuhnian Paradigm) that rationally INCLUDES the room 'Newtonian mass',
that room is still largely decorated according 'rational world fashion' like most of the house. But it easily might get extra decoration.
The house is in a rational neighbourhood of town. Houses in other neighbourhoods IN THE SAME TOWN (a Ethical Law Paradigm) have a rational children room to honor recent 'rational times', but also many interesting rooms in new unrational fashions. Why stay in one house only, with closed windows and situated in your neighbourhood of birth. The neighbourhood may be 'posh', but this house will undoubtedly rot away. A flexible relative neighbourhood in swinging 21st century paradigm fashion is much more fun to live in As Wittgenstein showed in Philosophical Investigations: the notion 'neutral observation language' is a myth that misleads. But that doesn't mean that there is no room for comparison at any level. RECESSION: the rational value 'money' is suddenly recognized as just paper and coins. People a bad mood of the murderous influence of 'money'. And that all money traders (also practically every teacher) only speaks rational dialects is very suspicious. Education for young people in universities (imposing cathedrals of 'rationality') is suddenly seen through as being 'religion'. Inhabitants of the new neighbourhoods only little understand those of the religious rational subburbs. That is because in their relative view on life rational religion is awfully fundamentalist and full of weird 'words'. They only grasp the irrational part. Of course they respect rational people and their religious statements. Only mostly irrationally such 'talk' seems to make no sense. |
| Why presume that Kuhn should be revolutionary? He only with common sense predicted that the rational toolset would rust away. It irritated scientists that he used a slightly different toolset himself. It irritated scientists also tremendously that seemingly he considered himself too good for traditional science. Thomas Kuhn only stayed in science because as a 'common guy' he liked being a famous rational professor. But his quotes showed he realized that the 'rational toolset' is VERY limited. |
The present period of human history in the very young religions 'Western Philosophy' and 'Western Cognitive Science' is often called "The Age of Knowledge" or "Knowledge Society".
That nicely points at the religious misconception. Knowledge outside experience is a myth. Since Enlightenment the Western World human believes
in abstract knowledge, in abstract intelligence. And in Unidentified Flying Objects like 'spirits'. A fantasy already started by Aristotle, known as 'split of body and spirit.| (Roman) Christian Church of Science states: PER DEFINITION 'God' is the greatest idea. This was driven into the extreme by the 'clan' started by Martin Luther, but such rigid fundamentalist thinking was already inherent in the religion Roman Christian thinking. |
| 1593 to 1597 Richard Hooker declares the catholic bible and 'reason' as gifts of 'God' in his Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity: The Bible is not the only guide to truth that God provided, because God has established the universe according to laws and provided human beings with reason .. |
Think for a moment of highpriests in ancient Egypt. These 'scientists' designed amazing things like pyramids.
And had a peculiar way of looking at life. Their universities (temples) were mysterious buildings full of tricks.
Anyway, highpriest were VERY influential. | 'Red' might in technology be 'abstract rationally' considered as characteristic of the wavelength of light. That's a logical way of translating the sense experience 'emotion' in 'rational' numbers (but still it is 'not more' than 'emotion' made 'rationally' consistent). It is common sense to see 'red' as triggering emotion. That's because abstract ideas might take ANY shape. Social life IS (and should be) triggered by emotions |
Abstract organizing of sensory data (pure reason) is no pluspoint.
| Man's ability of verbal communication gave him an advantage. But man also was able to make 100% abstract languages (math). Man created mathematical miracles as pyramids. Egyptians used math for construction, while the Greek since Aristotle also focused on abstract math. Math has the 'power' to make common sense more consistent. Math as SOCIAL ethics produced Nazism, Red Khmer ... |
| Karl Popper formulated some foundations of methodology of the research paradigm 'science'. Popper mentioned 'open discussion', 'testable statements' and a 'critical attitude'. The weakness of the Popper view is the notion that 'science' progresses linearly. (Popper unknowingly makes 'rationality to The Official Religion). Thomas Kuhn introduced the notion of paradigm shift to show that 'scientific' progress some needs revolutions to smash borders. The weakness of the Kuhn is to limit paradigm shifts to 'science'. |
| The decision-making process of the average high school student is a mess (teen pregnancies are booming). Are now courses as logic or critical thinking offered in high school, or part of educational reform conversation? No. |
| Western World: Common Sense replaced by Arestotelian thought around 350 BC. Arestolian thought replaced by Kantian Reality around 1750 AC. Kantian Reality replaced by Popper's Critical Rationalism around 1950 AC. Popper's Critical Rationalism developed into Fundamental Rationalism around 2000 AC.......Next step: 2010. |
| Aiming at 'High international standing', 'World-Class Research', and becoming top university in the world is quite 'rational'. Tops only exist in absolute worlds. Why not aim at becoming a worldwide RESPECTED research institution? And where still in use dump the arrogant irrelevant description 'christian institution' |
| 1 observation from experience: changing from dominantly 'rational' view (abstract) to mainly common sense view is like getting rid of a depression. Nature gets greener and greener, you start hearing birds, animals seem to make more sense ........Like the way Jane Goodall looks at gorilla's and all of nature |
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Split of Mind and Body or belief in souls is the original Athenian Greek (Aristotelian) arrogance of giving humans a special place in Evolution.
Instead of realizing that life on earth is a unity called 'evolution. Human life is only a tiny part of total life, in some ways 'smart', in many ways until now a failure. The rational paradigm of the world is a rational doctrine full of dogmatism, and 'cloaks' this religion with the name 'science'. This 'rational' view only explores the miniscule 'rational' part of 'life'. 'Philosophy' is a Faith, a religion around the ABSTRACT Enlightenment fantasy 'reason'. |
| It is very difficult for our culture to break free from the cult of scientific reductionism with its obsession with fact. "Facts" are the truth of dualistic mind's rationale - and very good for building rocket ships. Mytho-poetry is the "truth" of non-dual perception's participation with existence. Fact is the language of dualistic reductionism. Mythopoetic utterance is the language of direct feeling engagement - enlightened or not. This language of symbol and image which is the heart of the tantrica's life bugs the hell out of reductionists with their narrow parochial vision of life's mystery. The wholeness of wholeness only speaks in fluid wonderment which can make no sense to the rigid narrow bound straight jacket of hope and fear. The tantrica lives their language, wears it like an overcoat, or an innercoat. To one who abides in the 6 gatherings recognized as visionary light .... what can one say to a hope and fear bound statistician? As Rumi said "What can a lover say to an intellectual? They do not live in the same world! |
| A widespread Asian critique of Western Science concerns the division objective/subjective.
The Asian notion 'Ki-energy' involves only body (and inherently mind). A common prejudice in Western science is that distinguishing things like 'internal' and 'external' are also dualistic. It's common sense to recognize a flame as being hot inside and warm outside, although obviously a flame is a unity. And Asian thinkers quoting Western thinkers does NOT mean that in practice there is no "Eastern/Western" split in thinking. It only indicates that many western thinkers make some sense. |
| Beginning fascism is characterized by fierce attack of what is considered 'evil', obviously using the 'public' opinion, and carefully evading discussion about the content. In case of own dubious opinions attack is considered 'evil' and use is made of the "Star Trek" Law Don't interfere with Evolution (Science Fiction). This (inherently awfully arrogant) behavior places Earth Humans outside Evolution, on level 'God'. Evolution is about Interference, or would someone prefer an Earth dominated by Dinosaurs or fascists. Interference is Decision Making. Decisions are discrete direction changes, not 'continous. |
Overview Articles |
| The One: Earth-life is a unity. That is shown perfectly by Global Warming and its lifethreatening effects. Now it the turn of humanity to react as a unity. VERY fast. |
| The Joker: remarkable, statistics show that the dominance of US and capitalist Western Europe is shrinking. Realize that say 95% of internet use in English language is
in in former UK colonies. Seen that way the relative part of for instance Asia is IMMENSE! Even 15% from continental Europe is a lot, because common people in those countries surf in own language. Nevertheless, English language and Internet are perfect means to communicate all over the world. |
| USA 40 % Europe 20 % Asia 15 % Canada 7.5 Australia 5 % Africa 4 % Rest 9% |