Charles Fort (1874-1932) was a fascinating figure that dared to challenge the scientific status quo. Fort specialized in the collection data that he declared to be "damned" because it refused to fit in the acceptable range of scientific orthodoxy.
Here are some of the stated goals of his eponymous Fortean Society:
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To remove the halo from the head of Science.
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To make human beings think.
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To destroy scientists' faith in their own works and thus force a general return to the truly scientific principle of "temporary acceptance".
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To inform the general public of the political and self-preservative character of most work done under the ambiguous cloak of "pure" science, principally astronomy and physics.
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To inform the general public that the "cosmic order" Science pretends to have established in the flux of existence is simply a mental discipline imposed upon mankind as an expedient to enforce social and economic "order" under what must be--at longest--an ephemeral status quo.
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To prevent scientists from further development of any hierarchy, Brain Trust, Court of Wisdom, authoritarian dictatorship of intelligence or learning, which would--if permitted--lead to a more powerful domination and consequent paralysis of human mentality than any ever imposed by any Church or State or Press in history, not excluding any of the ideologies current today.
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To destroy awe for Authority, as such, in the youth of the world at as tender an age as possible.
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To provide the means for the perpetuation of dissent from any and all dogmas as long as time shall last.
What do you think? Are we not the spiritual successors, the very embodiment of the aims of the Fortean Society from a century ago?
They were heavily maligned in their time, as are we. We dare to challenge the $cientific orthodoxy, because it must be challenged.
Here are the published works of Charles Fort:
The Book of the Damned (1919)
New Lands (1923)
Lo! (1931)
Wild Talents (1932)
Yes certainly. Up until almost the end of nineteenth century, mathematics was pretty much based on constructive methods (i.e. a mathematical proof could not use any object that couldn't be defined in a finite number of steps).
Cantor introduced the idea of working with objects that were infinite (could never be defined in a finite number of steps eg: the complete decimal representation of pi - we can only calculate it till a finite number of places). Today his ideas form the foundations of all of standard mathematics.
But at the time, there were strong objections to it. Basically one group of mathematicians were so sold on their "ideology" of math should be that they publicly made personal attacks against him ("charlatan", "corruptor of youth" etc.). Dude suffered mental breakdowns and left his work/job to start lecturing in philosophy instead. Died in poverty in a sanatorium.
Sounds like 2020 in some ways: group gets scared of "dangerous" idea, cancels propagator of idea, propagator's personal life is ruined.
Fascinating, thank you so much. Something happened at the turn of the 20th century when new paradigms were suggested and aggressively and often violently repressed. This seems to have affected multiple fields, as the "traditionalists" fought tooth and nail to defense their anachronisms and irrelevancy.
I think we're still in the aftermath of this clash, over a century later. The Cantor stuff is fascinating!
Well it were repressed earlier too,but academic science was not so strong and establishment.
What if life represents the finite form; moved by the infinite flow from inception towards death? All objects one perceives are subjected by what moves them into form. We exist within the momentum of motion as choice responding to balance (need/want).
Yeah, that might be our reality.
But mathematics, in principle, is abstract and has nothing to do with our reality. Mathematics exists within its own universe (a universe created by a mathematician with its own language, logic and rules aka axioms, all chosen by the mathematician). Our limited human minds can wrap around this simplistic universe and thus gain some kind of intellectual satisfaction from understanding it, and in seeing some kind of aesthetic beauty in it. Of course non-mathematicians don't see this beauty and don't feel this satisfaction, and only see the drudgery of thinking hard and manipulating symbols on paper, so they aren't attracted to mathematics.
Of course, we can unabstract it with respect our own universe so as to apply it to our own universe. This is because it was abstraction arising out of phenomena in this universe in the first place that we transplanted into our artificial universe as mathematics, though not all of it. The rest of mathematics arose from playing with and abstracting from pre-existing mathematics within the artificial universe.
ABSTRACT', verb transitive [Latin abstraho, to draw from or separate.] As form (life) within flow (inception towards death) we represent the separated form with the choice to draw out of the balance (momentum) of flow.
You consented to believe in suggested "nothing"; which the parasitic few draw out of "everything" by suggesting you the inversion thereof. To consent to suggested information (fiction) deceives one to ignore perceived inspiration (reality).
PRIN'CIPLE, noun [Latin principium, beginning.] Inception of life represents form to flow transmutation; while death represents form to flow transmutation out of the same base (energy). Beginning/end aka inception/death represent the balance for the choice of life within; a balance (momentum) defined for temporary form and by ongoing flow.
U'NITY, noun [Latin unitas.] - "the state of being one; oneness". As form within flow we each represent ONE within ALL. Comprehending this represents self discernment; which is needed to further comprehend that ALL represents ONE in energy; which uses flow/form aka loss/growth as internal balance for self sustenance.
Therefore choice (ONE) within balance (ALL) represents self sustenance of ONE within ALL and for the ONEness of ALL. All our responses to reality are for the sustenance of ONE; which represents the only NUM'BER, noun - "the designation of a unit reference to other units" that matters (form) within reality (flow).
For each ONE; each other ONE represents a) "another" and b) inspiration or temptation...not a 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 etc. Math deceives ONE to ignore ONEself for denominations of other ONEs. The parasites suggest us mathematical problems; while we ignore the following... PROB'LEM, noun [Latin problema; Gr. to throw forward, and to throw; Latin pello.] It's flow (ongoing order) that throws problems forward (temporary chaos) aka form.
ONE represents the problem out of ALL. Why? Because energy self differentiates internally (flow to form) to establish a balance for temporary growth (form) within ongoing loss (flow). In other words...ALL potentiality self segregates into individual ONE potential; to allow each ONE to grow in response to ALL perceived.
The parasites suggest us to consent to seek order out of chaos (by progressing; achieving; problem solving and so on); which deceives us to ignore that we represents chaos out of order. We each need to use choice to respond to the balance the natural order (flow for form) represents.
That represents the parasitic suggestion of information that deceives the host to ignore perceived inspiration. Flow moves form; which form perceives as inspiration to respond to by choice for self sustenance. Choice represents the response to balance (momentum) and balance within flow represents for choice of form...need/want aka self sustenance by adaptation or ignorance thereof for the temptation of stagnation.
One perceives sound; other ones choose to shape words out of perceived sound as idolized meaning; which they then chose to suggest to each other. Why? Because those who suggested meaning gain control over those who consent to suggested meaning; while ignoring that ALL meaning for each ONE is communicated by movement (flow); hence perceived as inspiration; not suggested information by other. Suggested information represents affixed meaning (true vs false); perceived inspiration represents ongoing meaning (if/then) aka if flow; then form.
LOG'IC, noun [Latin id; Gr. from reason, to speak.] Nature doesn't speak; it doesn't brand itself; it doesn't suggest information. Consenting to those who do; while ignoring perceived inspiration are choosing want over need in response to the balance of nature. Wanting suggested information causes a conflict with all those who choose to not want the suggested information, and want vs not want; while ignoring need represents the conflict of reason.
Every conflict in this system is based on this; and the ignorance of the many causes the responding parasitic exploitation by the few who utilize suggestions (all -isms) to cause division (reason); which allows the few to control all conflicts of the many. After establishing any conflict of reason; the few then suggest contradiction of suggested to both sides to keep them reasoning. This is called talmudic reasonig, while the so called talmud teaches to use implication (if/then) over reason (want vs not want; true vs false; good vs bad etc.)
The conflict of reason cannot be won; because only those who made the suggestion those within reason are reasoning about; represent the will to define its suggested meaning; while everyone else is in ignorance of their free will of choice; since they consented to the suggested choices of others.
The only thing that cannot change within constant change (flow) represents the rules that define how change operates. Those represent the laws of nature, and form within flow can only comprehend them; not perceive them; since form exists within the momentum of flow. Life cannot perceive its own inception and death; only grow comprehension of it by getting inspired throuhg everything else.
Those who suggest by free will of choice; gain control over those who consent by free will of choice to the suggested. Choice represents the response to balance (need/want); while consenting to suggested choices (want vs not want) represents the temptation to ignore balance. That represents ONEs internal struggle within ALL aka need over want instead of want over need. Need demands struggle from form to resist flow; while want tempts form to fall for the velocity of flow.
We each represent ONE growth potential within ALL loss potentiality. Perception (knowledge) of ALL potentiality allows each ONE within to transmute potential comprehension (understanding) out of it; by choice of response (need over want). This represents basic alchemy aka transmutation (form) out of base (flow) as well as transmutation (flow/form) out of base (energy).
Satisfaction implies want of outcome; while ignoring need for balance and the parasitic few have a sleight of hand for this from the Rolling (flow) Stones (form); that goes: "I can't get no satisfaction...'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try".
a) MATH, noun - "a mowing; as in aftermath" aka a suggested harvest tool for ignored potential.
b) non-math represents consent to not want suggested math; which puts one into the conflict of reason against those who consent to want suggested math. It is therefore the suggestion of math that deceives others to consent to a self inflicted division (reason). Both sides (want vs not want) ignore need; and that ignorance is being parasitically exploited by the few among the many.
Math itself represents perceived inspiration (need) or suggested information (want); depending on what each ONE chooses within the balance of ALL. Choosing want over need ignores ALL for the suggested choices (want vs not want) of another ONE. If you choose need over want; then math represents a tool of self sustenance like all the rest of reality; but also always the temptation for choice to fall for.
ARTIFI'CIAL, adjective - "in opposition to natural" does not exist within energy; because NATURE, noun [Latin from nature born, produced, ] is implied within EN'ERGY, noun [Gr. work.] - "internal or inherent power". We represent the formed growth within the flowing loss that represents the internal self sustenance of energy. We represent the inherent power of resistance (form) to the inherent power of velocity (flow).
What you perceive as artificial represents our conscious memory; upholding suggested meaning (affixed words aka mental stagnation); which self corrupts us to ignore to adapt to ongoing movement (adaptation).
This reminded me of rupert sheldrake's book "the science delusion". He tells a story about a scientist that, after much prodding" finally admits to him the force of gravity ("G" as i learned it in my physics class) isnt really a constant but was consensus-ed into being one.