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Evolution June 2, 2007

Posted by sumaletera in Philosophy, world view.
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I have long been fascinated by the process and the need to interface new scientific findings in to day-to-day thinking. I am of course saying this at the oddest moment in human history where in, majority of men believe that coming down from the tress was a bad idea.

My belief is of course 21st century mainstream scientific paradigm. If however, we are to talk about the process of mankind’s intellectual evolution, we should recognize that it often takes 50 years or more for Nobel price theoretical ideas to become incorporated into the thinking of the greater intellectual community. The view point of quantum mechanics, for example, put forward in the late1920s, has still not had its full impact on humanistic thought. The material is that hard to digest. Yet there are few philosophers of science who doubt that. However I for my part, have no doubt that this theory in the long run will exert a deep effect on our views of man and nature and in essence affect our private and public policy. But for the time being saving the world shall be “a white man’s burden!”

I suppose 50 years knowledge conductance value is totally unacceptable, when much of humanity is in disarray and despair. I think somebody should do something about it, may be even tell it to the white man!

Albert Einstein unequivocally said it, “The whole of science is nothing but the refinement of every-day thinking.” Science should in effect refine our thinking, confront our beliefs, give us a clearer view and in essence uplift us from our intellectual ponds. Amen!