A simple "Common Enemy" will do. I have understood this from past histories of those who would "rally the troops" to a new era. Perhaps, if we can pick an enemy who is not part of any human grouping, we might ascend to a more amicable world.
On Aug 23, 11:28 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > It's rough when one is a scholastic non conformist, arch, it doesn't > go over well in academia land. Knowledge is power and mobility, of > course that may be simply mind over matter, does the mind overrule > what matters? We can suffer consequence by misunderstanding a > directive, we can take a warning and view it as such or see it as an > issued taboo, fiat. The whole of it all for me is illusory so I just > view every instance in life as a calling to gather knowledge without > some transcendental attachment or consequence. > The world as you say does not function on the knowledge base but > manipulation for an end result regardless of the methodology. Though > the knowledge is there, as existing only, it get's over looked because > it interferes with the goal, it exposes ethics and morality and that's > a no no. I'm often amazed how in politics, as excuses for maladies > seem to stem from gross ignorance, each passes the basket over to the > next ignorant official. If knowledge is of use it is in the knowledge > that the masses are ignorant and truth can be refracted to create the > illusion of truth, very useful tool to ply the gullible. This is when > laws become the obstacle for learning as they present a dictum to be > followed without consideration, they simply state "do this like > this". Of course there are those who see through the veil of bull > crap, establish the knowledgeable challenge and initiate "war". One's > truth is a lie to the other. > I think the problem with 101 is that it comes too little too late. We > nurture our young into a world of spin to the point of dizzying > befuddlement then tell them that they need to learn in order to not be > taken advantage of by the unethical, unscrupulous predations of the > rule. Sure we could start it out in early youth but that would, in > our P.C. world be construed as indoctrination. Education standards > have plummeted when in fact they should be fine tuned and at the > pinnacle of world class. Knowledge is not advantageous to the rule > and so they've crippled it, put blinders on the educators and > established the law of non-knowledge. It's all about basic function, > abc, 123 with a little Spin (oza). > > On Aug 23, 9:13 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I must admit I can't hack university study - something of an admission > > since I teach the stuff. I'm not good at thinking the way others want > > me to. However, I still broadly agree knowledge is useful and not > > having it generally dangerous. Much could be debated here. I'll > > chicken out a bit and put forward 'double aspect theory'. > > This claims that mental and physical systems are really both > > properties of a deeper reality which itself is neither mental nor > > physical. Its most famous advocate in the West was Baruch Spinoza > > (1632 - 77). Mind and matter are aspects of the same thing - 'god'. > > Mind and matter may be rather similar kinds of entities, one > > transmitting and the other receiving (Hume). All talk of mind and > > matter can be reduced (Russell) to 'events' which are not > > instrinsically either. Vam could no doubt point to a much longer > > 'Eastern' history of all this than I am capable of. The scientific > > account of the physical world is quite unlike the common sense > > version. > > > Such considerations are all very well, but we live in a world that > > does not respect knowledge much. This is a world of bent politicians > > and all kinds of ways of influencing situations other than through > > truth and open demonstration. Deception is everywhere, not least > > amongst those claiming to tell us the truth. The species that > > uniformly claims to want peace is always at war in history. One could > > say we have a 'Barbarian Temperament', yet our history is so bad we > > only now have the dawning glimmer that the 'Barbarians' were usually > > more peaceful. poetic, artistic and decent than those who delivered > > our history to us (Chaz was really good on this and I miss him in > > here). As I write, Ponting (the greatest postwar Aussie batter) is > > run out - I am easily distracted by trivia. Now Michael Clarke is run > > out with a fluke - a decision only giveable through modern > > technology. Test Match Special can set you free! > > > These cricket events are happening 'live as I write' (I do know to > > most they are as interesting as something better wiped off the bottom > > of a shoe - I imagine Gabby being so enthralled as to contemplate > > suicide as preferable to reading on!) - I am genuinely lifted by this > > obvious nonsense. My friend Vam might well lift a metaphorical glass > > to celebrate his friend's delight, barely concealing how much sweeter > > the future revenge over this motley crew of 'born abroad' "Englishmen" > > will be in a later Indian Summer. > > > My point, not argued, is that we need some kind of 101 of living, not > > philosophy. I would turn the technology of being able to stage events > > to peace, to mobilise a peace that turns what is war to the trivia of > > cricket, knitting - something that makes the swell of pride a residual > > organ of an entertainment of a long lost history we can laugh at in > > all seriousness. Even the human appendix is now known to have modern > > use ('good bacteria' hide in there when we are ill). My 101 would > > contain questions about how we can form polls of peace and plenty that > > cannot be stolen by a few idiots with guns. In this sense, I feel > > education is failing us as our young skip to school.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
