some afterthoughts on the TRIZ-method. it may not be immediately evident, that Altshuller was a true Hegelian dialectic. The core of his concept was CONTRADICTION, which calls for a solution, which is the synthesis in Hegelian dialectics. As such, Altshuller was a true adherent of the dialectical method. Which, ironically, brought him into the Gulag. Why that? The russian nomenclatura believed, that they already represented the end of history, as Hegel presumed. Anybody challenging this vieww has to be eliminated. OK? Western ideology, one way or the other, centers on the concept of evolution. Revolution, as envisioned in Hegelian dialectics, has no place in western ideology. Somehow both ideologies converge on a minimalist static world-view. Which is funny in itself. The scientific worldview is quite similar. In a sense it is evolutionary on the grounds of logical argument, which leads us to unproven -virtual- multiple universes. Now the PTB are not challenged in any way by some phantastic string-theorists or multiple universe-phantasts. It is more about keeping the world, as they like it, i.e., as it is. The phantasts shall have their playing ground, as long as they do not interfere with the status quo. So an investment in CERN, which costs a meager 10-20 billion, serves exactly what purpose? To keep the fairly intelligent lot busy, to search for the Higgs-Boson, and not engage in what is really relevant. That is the essence, I'm afraid. The intelligence-booster is monetized by: One unit of intelligence can be bought by X units of money. A very simple equation, which regularly pays out. Amen.
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