"1939 Germany all over again"
Ouch!
Ouch!
Where to start?
Just as "The West" was getting a handle on "visual perspective," The Scientific Method was starting to consolidate.
Canadian Letter To The Editor: "You Americans Have No Idea How Good Obama Is"
Canadian Letter To The Editor: "You Americans Have No Idea How Good Obama Is"
Until then, educated people considered the systematic investigation of Natural History offensive, if not sinful.
Every educated European "knew" that Aristotle had completed the study of Natural History, and thanks to his exhaustive labor there was nothing left for others to do.
Resistance to Galileo's heliocentrism -- even as an honorable hypothesis -- illustrates the unassailable settledness of Natural History.
Damn anyone who would unsettle The Natural Order! (Indeed, the "correction" of dissidents and discoverers was the cornerstone of The Inquisition.)
As nascent European universities created the world's first intellectual "web," "islands of rationality" began to rise from the enveloping sea of unconsciousness.
And although progress has been made, half of humankind is constrained by definition to the limits of double digit intelligence (quotient).
And so, there is not only reluctance but inability to embrace "scientific findings," often counterintuitive and always threatening the "coziness" of people's unchallenged relationship with The Unconscious.
And so, there is not only reluctance but inability to embrace "scientific findings," often counterintuitive and always threatening the "coziness" of people's unchallenged relationship with The Unconscious.
Only two human beings have been asked "What are you?" rather than "Who are you?"
Yeshua of Nazareth answered with another question: "Who do you say I am?"
Buddha answered: "I am awake."
People prefer sleep to wakefulness.
And when "threatened" by waking, they prefer "conscious" lies and "ideological presumptions" that defend against the incursion of unprecedented knowledge by denial and decibelage.
And when "threatened" by waking, they prefer "conscious" lies and "ideological presumptions" that defend against the incursion of unprecedented knowledge by denial and decibelage.
TED Talk: "The Denial Of Science," by Michael Spector
The conflict between Picketty's re-search and ideologues' settled certainty arises from the latter's inability to countenance "new knowledge."
And so begins another battle in The War of The Worlds, one "world" depending on hindsightedness, the other eager for "a new heaven and a new earth."
And so begins another battle in The War of The Worlds, one "world" depending on hindsightedness, the other eager for "a new heaven and a new earth."
"Arguing against those who said that natural philosophy was contrary to the Christian faith, (Aquinas) writes in his treatise "Faith, Reason and Theology that "even though the natural light of the human mind is inadequate to make known what is revealed by faith, nevertheless what is divinely taught to us by faith cannot be contrary to what we are endowed with by nature. One or the other would have to be false, and since we have both of them from God, he would be the cause of our error, which is impossible."
"Aladdin's Lamp: How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World" by John Freely
"Aladdin's Lamp: How Greek Science Came to Europe Through the Islamic World" by John Freely
I am not unsympathetic to the settledness of tradition.
It is a pleasant simulacrum of peace.
Prehistoric creatures frozen in amber are beautiful and marvelous.
It is a pleasant simulacrum of peace.
Prehistoric creatures frozen in amber are beautiful and marvelous.
And after a certain age it is likely advisable to "cut a deal" with your already-formed psyche (no matter how problematic-prickly) than to upset the apple cart trying to re-form it.
Beyond middle age the clock may well "run out" before "the dust settles."
Beyond middle age the clock may well "run out" before "the dust settles."
However, if The Scientific Method -- and scientific findings -- do not achieve critical mass soon, the chaos of "the unconscious" will, if nothing else, continue to contaminate the planet until earth is as bleak as the opening sequence of Interstellar.
Like Cooper's own son...
Like Cooper's own son...
Then, there's political pragmatism, insuring that Picketty's opponents champion "a flat earth" because that's the uni-dimensional world they grew up in and they will not be confused by multi-dimensional alteration.
We Know What To Do. But Politicians Don't Know How To Get Elected If They Do It
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/05/we-know-what-to-do-but-politicians-dont.html
George McGovern: "The Case For Liberalism, A Defense Of The Future Against The Past"
George McGovern: "The Case For Liberalism, A Defense Of The Future Against The Past"
Stewart, Colbert, Oliver Probe The Spectacular Idiocy Of Climate Change Deniers
Here is a recent essay excerpt probing the historical role of "perspective":
It is striking that “The West” did not discover how to represent coherent visual perspective until The Renaissance.
'Til then, the physical world was relatively “flat” --- more or less one dimensional rather than three.
'Til then, the physical world was relatively “flat” --- more or less one dimensional rather than three.
The Role of Perspective In Shaping the Renaissance
Of course one can argue – as one can argue anything-- that one dimension is “better” than three...
But don't bet the farm!
Perspective
“Discovering Linear Perspective”
Renaissance Connect
Perspective: Brunelleschi's Revelatory Perception And The Re-Imaging Of Space
Notably, the world's “First True Scientist,” an Islamic Egyptian named “Alhazen," set forth the rules of visual perspective nearly half a millennium before Renaissance Europeans “discovered” these same principles.
Ibn al-Haytham, "Alhazen," "The First True Scientist," Trailblazes "Perspective"
Currently, Pope Francis is implementing the theological equivalent of "full visual perspective," propagating the multi-dimensional realization that Jesus is properly identified as Embodied Love - and by virtue of this identification everyone who embodies love – however imperfectly – enriches The Incarnation by doing the work of God-Love.
With this identification, Francis has taken Christianity's sectarian, uni-dimensional vision of Love and given it breath, depth and all conceivable space.
Lacking this multi-dimensional experience of Yeshua, this is how heretofore sand-blind Christian experience played out:
I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said "Stop! Don't do it!" "Why shouldn't I?" he said. "Well, there's so much to live for!" "Like what?" "Well... are you religious?" He said yes. I said, "Me too! Are you Christian or Buddhist?" "Christian." "Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant ? "Protestant." "Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?" "Baptist" "Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?" "Baptist Church of God!" "Me too! Are you original Baptist Church of God, or are you reformed Baptist Church of God?" "Reformed Baptist Church of God!" "Me too! Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1879, or Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915?" He said, "Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915!" I said, "Die, heretic scum", and pushed him off.
Emo Philips
Like Teilhard de Chardin before him, Frances is announcing the arrival of The Cosmic Christ, who in St. Paul's world-view, would put an end to the groaning and travail of "the whole Creation's birth."
"All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs."
Romans 8:22 The Message
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ
Paleontologist/Cosmologist
Pope Francis: What Christianity Looks Like When Believers Realize "God Is Love"
On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 5:27 PM, CH wrote:
Didn't you enjoy those conservative economists attacking Piketty (they had plenty of time to prepare due to the absence of symposia on their work) more in their previous incarnations, Herod and Pilate?On Jan 3, 2015 5:22 PM, "Alan Archibald" <alanarchibaldo@gmail.com> wrote:
Well done lad!
Stage 2Good name for a band.Or how 'bout cutting to the chase and just calling it "Schopenhauer?"
On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 5:12 PM, CH wrote:
Re conservatives debating Piketty (guess they're feeling pretty confident with how well trickle down theory turned out, and, oh, none of their work ever involved researching actual information, but let's attack the new kid who actually uses evidence to make his points) (and he does not state that capitalism causes inequity he says inequity harms economies and rigidifies societies if r > g ) (this kind of sloppiness is why I dislike hominids)Remember Schopenhauer's hisory of ideas: first mocked, then attacked, finally dismissed as obvious.So we're at stage 2...
C
On Jan 3, 2015 3:35 PM, "Alan Archibald" <alanarchibaldo@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Chuck,
Denise and the kids are in NY til tomorrow evening which leaves me open for Blade Runner.That said, I appreciate you're engaged with Jarrett.This may interest you:
"Thomas Picketty Undergoes Trial By Peers"Pax tecumAlan
On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 3:10 PM, CH wrote:
The former.I'll check out the song when I'm not immersed in my "scholarly" exploration of the 17 American Quartet albums ('68-'76) of Keith Jarrett on YouTube.See if this interview interests you at all (next post).
C
On Jan 3, 2015 2:47 PM, "Alan Archibald" <alanarchibaldo@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Chuck,
Thanks for your email.And, as always, thanks for Music Night!It was such fun belting out The Doobie Brothers. Your piano playing was outta the box and thoroughly enjoyable.I'm also happy John and Dan like "Who'll Stop The Rain" well enough to play it in future.Here's a song recorded by Tommy Graham - who plays sitar and guitar - the life partner of my University of Toronto sweetheart, Jenny Baboolal, of Tunapuna, Trinidad mahn.SahajiyaI've loved this song since I first heard it in 1970 and hope y'all are willing to give it a go. (One of Sahajiya's virtues is that it "fits" my voice, placing it in an ever-dwindling body of work...)***I'm not sure I understand your "take" on Blade Runner...Are you saying you'd welcome getting together to see it on Netflix? ... but that you'd pass on Carolina Theater's presentation?Or are you saying - on second thought - that you've seen it enough?Pax tecumAlan
On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 12:37 PM, CH wrote:
Same cut is also on Netflix, so we can choose our time and watch it safely in the confines of a pausable venue.I've seen it so often I'll probably pass.
C
On Jan 2, 2015 6:18 PM, "Alan Archibald" <alanarchibaldo@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Chuck,
I know I "should" see Blade Runner.But I've always had this bad -- even dreadful, "bad trippy" -- feeling about it.I think I would dislike it "orders of magnitude" more than you dislike Rod Stewart.With this difference...At the end of any verse you can take a break from the horror of Maggie Mae and riff out, whereas for me -- in a dark theater, watching a dark movie -- No Hay Salida!Just waiting for Godot.Waiting and waiting and...On the other hand, if you see clear of my suppositions, I'll give it a go.Pax tecum
Alan
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 3:20 AM, CH wrote:
Any interest in Blade Runner?
C
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