"Upon this first, and in one sense this sole, rule of reason, that in
order to learn you must desire to learn, and in so desiring not be
satisfied with what you already incline to think, there follows one
corollary which itself deserves to be inscribed upon every wall of the
city of philosophy: Do not block the way of inquiry. Although it is
better to be methodical in our investigations, and to consider the
economics of research, yet there is no positive sin against logic in
‘trying’ any theory which may come into our heads, so long as it is
adopted in such a sense as to permit the investigation to go on
unimpeded and undiscouraged. On the other hand, to set up a philosophy
which barricades the road of further advance toward the truth is the
one unpardonable offence in reasoning, as it is also the one to which
metaphysicians have in all ages shown themselves the most addicted."
Charles Sander Peirce, in the recess of my mind, your ideas have flowed long before I even knew you. Or learned this concept - pragmatism.
Let me add one more precept to your ideas.
I propose Logic to be supreme. Above mathematics and empirical observation. Because our math is fallible. It is incomplete (no wonder Einstein failed at his unified theory). The precepts we work with in mathematics is fundamentally flawed. It only works at a certain point, at which if we try to go higher, totally breaks down.
Likewise, empirical observation is even more ephemeral. It takes for granted that we already know what is real and what is not. What is true and what is not. And this "empirical observation" is elevated into a science! whereby established scientific laws are hardly challenged ever again!
Rule of reason should be this: survival of the fittest. If your reasoning can survive the attacks of others, then for the moment, yours is the logical argument. That is, until it is totally demolished by another argument.
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this is a simple case of taking the logical events to its conclusion.
good people, don’t kill. bad people do.
good vs bad, good loses. bec they always get killed.
so bad people stay on top, and sometimes even multiply, because good
people getting killed is a reinforcing lesson on semi-bad people and on
semi-good people.
that being good is bad for your health.
so more step over to the dark side.
the level of education of an individual is inversely proportional to the number of kids they will produce.
and the more kids an individual has, the lesser chances these kids have
of acquiring a higher or even the same degree of education their
parents had. since this is a spillover cycle, succeeding generations
would elicit a vicious cycle. having had less or no education, they
reproduce even more. and their kids, even more!
dumadami ang pobre, kumokonti ang edukado.
media is powerful. BUT media, panders to the masses. the least of
the educated. so, media, the ever powerful brainwashing machine, not
only dumbs down the already dumb poor, but affects everyone else tuned
in to it. including the rich brats who’ll someday take control of their
parents empire. so stupidity though not medically contagious, spreads
like the black plague.
it’s a dynamic combination! more miseducation, more unwanted
population! we’re nicely coming along in the words of the revelation.
it’s spinning out of control too!
more unwanted population? the more quality of education falls, the
better breeding ground for more unwanted population! isn’t this what
the church wants? and why not? it’s God’s word! we’re only fulfilling
the end as prophesied.
and its not only the religious who gets to say “i told ya so!” but
even those who believe in science. for this is evolution at its finest.
man, edging out, marginalizing, the best and brightest, the kindest,
most good, visionary gene-carriers among them so that the vile, stupid,
cruelest, myopic gene-carriers can thrive.
i think it won’t be long before we beat the cockroach at their own game.