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Nowhere Man in Nowhere Land
PART
NINETEEN
The Ghost in the
Machine
James Raymond Fisher,
Jr., Ph.D.
© August 21, 2016
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The
“Scientific Revolution” (1543 – 1700) changed everything. French mathematician and philosopher Rene Descartes
(“I think, therefore I am!”), not only seeded this revolution, but changed the
hard wiring of the Western mind up through several “Industrial Revolutions” to
our present 21st century “Digital Age.”
Descartes
did this by putting God on the shelf, revered and respected, but no longer in
charge as life changed from a “God centered” to a “man centered” universe. The French philosopher didn’t stop
there. He changed the way the Western
mind looks at life, perceives and resolves its difficulties, creating a
reductionist philosophy whereby problems are broken down from their
complexities to their most elemental roots, analyzed and evaluated, then
reassembled as to what they mean. The
process is considered “scientific” because it purports to be “value free,” and
can be replicated without human bias.
This
is popularly known as “deductive thinking” or cognitive reasoning. It has dominated Western thought for the past
several centuries as if part of our collective DNA, not only in science, but in
the social and behavioral sciences, education, politics, economics, medicine, government,
the military, diplomacy, business and marketing, philosophy, theology,
theosophy, even sports and lifestyles, polls and Politifact checkers. It now has the popular handle of “analytics.” Linked to the “scientific method,” it is trusted
because it has no “bias.”
In
this scenario, there is little room for “inductive thinking” or intuitive reasoning
which involves the body as well as the mind.
Since the time of Rene Descartes, there has been no place for emotions,
which drives human behavior, and so the mind remains homeless.
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