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Originally Posted by G_burnett  ... its the attempt that counts for functionality of the human condition learning and moving on... or static and getting bumped to some degree ... power is directed in the human consciousness all the time ... power of intelligence and learned rote for example can smack a fellow on the inside of the head as the audacity factor comes into the equation overruling patience and empathic compassion .... with great power comes great responsibility and this is ethical behavior made manifest ... a learned rote perhaps getting the power or not learned ... that is not a question. |
Dear Garham, very well said. However, what is your thought on that great power will always be met with great responsibility? Before some sort of great awakening can the self-centred human behaviour such as greed be contained? Lets say your dynamo design can work and economy sustainable for mass production, what make you think it is absolutely compatible with nature's plan? Have you ever consider that this might ultimately cause more harm than good for humanity? And repeat that footstep of Mr. E you still cannot forgive?
These questions are raised because I thought you might have some insights or perhaps even the answers, for you have been consciously aware of that and I would be most wanting to hear and gather some pointers from you.
Just to illustrate some points, here is an excerpt from my
web page on paradoxical illusions: California bush fire - The burn of the century
Al Nino effect was blamed for a California bush fire that had raged for weeks and reduced everything to ashes in its wake, in the disaster thousands of houses were lost and many firefighters were among those who have perished in this burn of the century.
A scientific investigation suggested there was a more fundamental cause that had evolved into this monster. Over the years relentlessly, human seems to have overcome nature in its spontaneous bush fires, by enforcing legislation and have had strict measures to suppress all fires quickly to control their spread. However, the successful measures for decades resulted in massive cumulating of combustible materials, heavily stacked by fallen branches, leaves and the likes, layers over layers added on over the years. With the arrival of Al Nino effect affecting climate in a perfectly prepared situation, with a cue probably initiated by lightning strikes, the forest was burned with huge towering fires never witnessed before in history that could not be suppressed, raged for weeks that everything the community have been guarding over many decades were all helplessly up in smokes.
The firefighters thought they knew every aspect of fire, they don't, in all those years they thought they have the situations in control, that was also an illusion. For this case, it took the awe of nature for us to wake up from the paradoxes of our delusions, and realize the real culprit for this burn of the century; our ignorant.
“Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not.” - Galileo Galilei
Hindsight is always perfect, but can you see it before it is done?
Best regards,