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Originally Posted by Benedict Broere  Thanks Lloyd for taking the trouble to read my website and give your respons.
Do I want to change things?
Power corrupts and absolute power…
I’m just looking for answers. What is going on on this planet? Why do we think what we think? Why do we do what we do? What is the meaning of all this? What is the general pattern that connects, in all what is going on, and in all our thinking and doing and searching for meaning?
If truth is bought by power, then we really are in trouble.
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Benedict, I like the way you used the words and ideas in your web post. I wish you the best. I don't mean to be so crass, but I'm just one of those too honest drunken Irishmen. Many believe power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely, and if it takes power to change the world, then we can only absolutely corrupt the world. Linguistic problems like this emotional thinking is the very reason I don't believe or really have any use for meta-sciences, as they are far too over-full of false emotional assumptions. The world isn't emotional, it's emotional-materialism___a big difference. I'm not knocking you for using meta-sciences, but for me it's the cognitive sciences or bust. Now to the corruption and truth bought by power statement___though it may be true, there is nothing stopping mankind from fighting fire with fire___it's often the most successful way. I don't think the system can be changed with meta-science ideas, as they are usually ideas of improving human conduct. I don't think the world has any chance in hell, if this be the road taken to our future omega point___we're just asking for more of the worst. Humanity is not improving, even with the web___but, this is why I believe so strongly in thermodynamics. Most believe we are on the down side of entropy, evolution wise. I tell you logically, we are on the up side of entropy___and when the web dam of new wisdom finally bursts___we will witness the true entropy of world saving wisdom of the cognitive sciences___a true omega electrosphere of new direction for the seeming, sorry, sick planet. So, in truth, I believe in the absolute principles of possibilities, probabilities, and optomism___par excellance...
As far as to expanding metaphysical awareness of a new metaphysics, Guille and I have mentioned emotional-materialism as a new direction of study. There is really no material on it, as we dreamed it up, but I think it has potential if studied under axiology. There are old posts of ours about it, somewhere. Check mine or Guille's past posts under profiles, if you are interested. You may be, as the ideas relate closely to your ideas. Are you aware your style is similar to Hegel's thesis, anti-thesis and synthesis? His ideas have been shown by many to have major flaws, not that yours do, as you are writing in a completely different worldview style, and I agree with most of what you say___it's just the power factor of it not having that special punch of a world shaking scientific idea. I think in order for any of our ideas to attain power we must have a really big hook, in today's world.
"What is going on on this planet? Why do we think what we think? Why do we do what we do? What is the meaning of all this? What is the general pattern that connects, in all what is going on, and in all our thinking and doing and searching for meaning?"
These above questions are your own personal search. None of them apply to myself, nor have they ever. I have always wondered why people were interested in such questions. I guess that would be my question. My way of thinking has always been completely mechanical, as I have always seen the world as nothing but logic___and I mean pure logic___Heraclitean Logos. Of course, I have and use emotions also, to feel with, but I always think with logic. I have no idea why I'm different than most___I just know I always have been. I guess that's why the questions you ask don't even come to my mind. You mentioned connects___that would be the closest to my thinking, but I would be asking what cause, as I have all my life. I want to know every cause of motion, feelings, logic, and especially thermodynamic interactions of motion, as I see this as the classical explanation of all quantum/relative motion, and much more easily explained through the three laws of thermodynamics than the laws of motion. To me motion and thermodynamics are identical, when thoroughly understood. The high pressure physics of quantum/relative motion is just mass[heat]increasing as approach to light[heat speed]and Lorentzian transformation[entropy]losing mass[radiation or heat loss] as light speed is attained. The math might be more difficult, but the analogy is that of boiling water, and it has the advantage of being classically understood. I think Plank and Einstein jumped the guns with quantum and relative explanations of complexity, when there were simpler explanations possible. And, I further think all the relative bs is probably the major force of foolish meta-changes we are now paying for. Most everyone thinks we live in a relative world, when in fact, we don't, as my signature quote by Einstein, himself, proves.
Anyway, as we are really on opposite sides of the quantum river of science and metaphysics, I may not be of much help answering your questions, unless framed toward possible scientific and logical premises. So, hope some of it helped, anyway...
regards,