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<p>Of course, countess books and articles have been written about this theme. But in spite of that—or should we say <em>because</em> of that—no consensus has emerged.</p> | <p>Of course, countess books and articles have been written about this theme. But in spite of that—or should we say <em>because</em> of that—no consensus has emerged.</p> | ||
| − | <p>Meanwhile, the way we look at the world, try to comprehend and handle it, shaped itself spontaneously—from the scraps of the scientific ideas that were popular around the middle of the 19th century, when Darwin and Newton as cultural heroes replaced Adam and Moses. What is | + | <p>Meanwhile, the way we the people look at the world, try to comprehend and handle it, shaped itself spontaneously—from the scraps of the scientific ideas that were popular around the middle of the 19th century, when Darwin and Newton as cultural heroes replaced Adam and Moses. What is today considered as the "scientific" worldview took a definitive shape then—and <em>remained</em> largely unchanged.</p> |
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| + | <p>Here is, roughly, how this "scientific worldview" was presented to us, while we were growing up.</p> | ||
| − | <p>As members of the <em>homo sapiens</em> species, we have the evolutionary privilege to be able to understand the world, and make rational choices. Give us a correct model of the natural world, and we'll know exactly how to go about satisfying our needs (which we can, of course, experience directly). But the traditions, being unable to understand how the nature works, put a "ghost in the machine"—and made us pray to him to give us what we needed. Science corrected this error—and now we can get what we want | + | <p>As members of the <em>homo sapiens</em> species, we have the evolutionary privilege to be able to understand the world in causal terms, and make rational choices. Give us a correct model of the natural world, and we'll know exactly how to go about satisfying our needs (which we can, of course, experience directly). But the traditions, being unable to understand how the nature works, put a "ghost in the machine"—and made us pray to him to give us what we needed. Science corrected this error—and now we can get what we want by manipulating the nature directly and correctly, with the help of technology. </p> |
| − | <p>It is this causal or "scientific" understanding of the world | + | <p>It is this causal or "scientific" understanding of the world, we were led to believe, that made us modern. Isn't that how we understood that women can't fly on broomsticks—because this would violate some scientifically established natural laws?</p> |
<p>From our collection of reasons why this "scientific" way of looking at the world is neither scientific nor functional, we here mention only two.</p> | <p>From our collection of reasons why this "scientific" way of looking at the world is neither scientific nor functional, we here mention only two.</p> | ||
Revision as of 14:07, 26 August 2020
HOLOTOPIA
An Actionable Strategy
Imagine...
You are about to board a bus for a long night ride, when you notice the flickering streaks of light emanating from two wax candles, placed where the headlights of the bus are expected to be. Candles? As headlights?
Of course, the idea of candles as headlights is absurd. So why propose it?
Because on a much larger scale this absurdity has become reality.
The Modernity ideogram renders the essence of our contemporary situation by depicting our society as an accelerating bus without a steering wheel, and the way we look at the world, try to comprehend and handle it as guided by a pair of candle headlights.
Modernity ideogram