Yeah Ierrellus … the human mind has long demonstrated it’s propensity to cling to the old … ergo … better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know,
Perhaps this tendency is a natural characteristic of neuron pathways and circuitry. Man has relentlessly attempted to control and manipulate prevailing neuron pathways and circuitry. Yet, across time and space, there have always been individuals whose neurons slipped off the rails so to speak. This slipping off the rails has often triggered the genesis of new neuron pathways and circuitry. Christianity and Islam are two classic examples … both being the consequence of someone’s neurons slipping off the rails of Judaism.
The unusual shelf life of feudalism in China is an example of the strength of rigid adherence to rituals … even without the support of institutional religious dogma and doctrine.
The other day I watched a TV program where a Chinese scholar and an American scholar discussed the moniker “Age of Anxiety” … a moniker used to describe the prevailing global circumstances. The moniker “Age of Anxiety” seems to dovetail nicely with the moniker “Age of Transition”.
This morning I’m reminded of the chicken and egg paradox … the ancient folk paradox addressing the problem of origins and first cause.
- Are emerging technologies the underlying cause of the disruptions/changes in human behavioral patterns?
or
- Are emerging technologies a gift to humanity to grease the wheels so to speak … ergo … to facilitate the transmutation of the human mind … a process self evidently long underway.
For me … a perplexing question … perplexing indeed!
PS I’ve never watched any of the Star Wars series yet I understand it claims to be the genesis of the term “mind meld”.
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Anthropology, paleontology and science will destroy the fallacies embedded in world religions and reveal the true characteristics of what we call God.