As gnostic Christian and an acolyte of the Austrian school of economics I've long been a critic of modern day "Democratic" governance as promulgated by our cultural institutions (Political, religious, etc.)
Our overloads are not wolves disguised as sheep, but wolves disguised in shepherd's clothing. I firmly believe that envy is the root cause of tyranny and authoritarianism. (Envy being defined as breaking your neighbour's leg to help oneself walk better) A most insightful critical opinion of the foibles of modern democracy can be found here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/democracys-road-tyranny
Do we need reason or do we just have reason because we are capable of thought?
If we didn’t have a society and community would we revert to a natural state where we would gather fruits and nuts and kill prey whenever we could?
We are not able to keep ourselves warm in winter because we have no feathers or fur, but we have populated the entire planet adapting to our environment, how did we do that? With No boats or planes we covered the whole world and then stopped travelling enough to raise people of unique characteristics but now travel again.
But don’t we use reason even when we gather nuts and fruit? Which tree is better, when to do it, realizing that there is more ripe and less ripe, planning harvests, etc. I mean, it’s simple thought, but it’s still thought, as opposed to pure emotion/instinct.
(Or perhaps I am not fully getting what you mean, in which case, I apologize.)
Thanks for your reply, you could indeed argue that, but I think birds also do exactly the same when they choose what seeds and insects they eat.
My comment wasn’t a criticism more a question about the nature of all life.
Certainly we’re different from all other species, I suspect it is because we are able to think about the future, but why we can is another subject entirely.
We are world building creatures, reason is one of the most powerful tools in that process. If we have been blessed with the ability to dream and manifest our reality through reason and actions, we'd better be certain that our reasons are sound or we may accidentally build a madhouse.
We are blessed by the existence of the Principles of Reasoning that were lleft to us by the late theoretical physicist Ronald Christensen in the seven volume treatise on this topic that is titled "The "Entropy Minimax Sourcebook" and cursed by the fact that these principles have not yet caught on amongst the builders of models of physical systems. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy contributes to this fiasco by failing to reveal the existence of these Principles of Reasoning to its readers. Amongst the consequences is for our freedom to be under assault by replacement of reasoning by pontification.
Good stuff as always! Kudos to C.C.
As gnostic Christian and an acolyte of the Austrian school of economics I've long been a critic of modern day "Democratic" governance as promulgated by our cultural institutions (Political, religious, etc.)
Our overloads are not wolves disguised as sheep, but wolves disguised in shepherd's clothing. I firmly believe that envy is the root cause of tyranny and authoritarianism. (Envy being defined as breaking your neighbour's leg to help oneself walk better) A most insightful critical opinion of the foibles of modern democracy can be found here: https://mises.org/mises-wire/democracys-road-tyranny
I am traveling, but I am flagging the Mises piece for later. Thank you.
And yeah, envy is horrible. I also think that a lot of people are driven by virtue-signaling/narcissism/the desire to think of themselves as “good.”
Wonderful Christopher!! 👏👏👏
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Do we need reason or do we just have reason because we are capable of thought?
If we didn’t have a society and community would we revert to a natural state where we would gather fruits and nuts and kill prey whenever we could?
We are not able to keep ourselves warm in winter because we have no feathers or fur, but we have populated the entire planet adapting to our environment, how did we do that? With No boats or planes we covered the whole world and then stopped travelling enough to raise people of unique characteristics but now travel again.
It’s a complex world.
Interesting thoughts.
But don’t we use reason even when we gather nuts and fruit? Which tree is better, when to do it, realizing that there is more ripe and less ripe, planning harvests, etc. I mean, it’s simple thought, but it’s still thought, as opposed to pure emotion/instinct.
(Or perhaps I am not fully getting what you mean, in which case, I apologize.)
Thanks for your reply, you could indeed argue that, but I think birds also do exactly the same when they choose what seeds and insects they eat.
My comment wasn’t a criticism more a question about the nature of all life.
Certainly we’re different from all other species, I suspect it is because we are able to think about the future, but why we can is another subject entirely.
Over the last few years, I have begun to think that animals may be far more than we have been giving them credit for being…
We are world building creatures, reason is one of the most powerful tools in that process. If we have been blessed with the ability to dream and manifest our reality through reason and actions, we'd better be certain that our reasons are sound or we may accidentally build a madhouse.
Yeah….people have used excellent processes of reasoning to reason their way to some pretty crap ideas. It’s complicated, as the kids say.
Excellent 👍
Thank you!
We are blessed by the existence of the Principles of Reasoning that were lleft to us by the late theoretical physicist Ronald Christensen in the seven volume treatise on this topic that is titled "The "Entropy Minimax Sourcebook" and cursed by the fact that these principles have not yet caught on amongst the builders of models of physical systems. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy contributes to this fiasco by failing to reveal the existence of these Principles of Reasoning to its readers. Amongst the consequences is for our freedom to be under assault by replacement of reasoning by pontification.
Excellent Christopher!
Was writing all day yesterday. Thank You for this!
My latest which ties in a bit:
Response to a Meme (article): https://odysee.com/@amaterasusolar:8/Response-to-a-Meme:e