Nietzsche: Allusions to

Thoughts out of Reason

I

This writer believes that the overwhelming majority of citizens in the ephemeral world do not have the slightest grasp of the reality of their own place in the world and yet, they are only too eager to attempt to dismantle the framework of their contemporaries in order to beguile themselves in a veil of self-righteousness. Other than finding this situation annoying, I believe that it is self defeating for the individual. Rather than seeing others through a window of commonality, they see themselves, and therefore others... through a consistent, but neccessarily flawed: illusion.

This illusion has, to a great extent, been brought about by the superimposition of the "New God": Science. While science has, in many aspects, brought about an "objective" view of the world ; it has also ensnared humankind in an evermore pervasive erosion of personal freedom.

"Multa philosophia festinare aveniet asinus pulchar et fortissimuss!" ŠGary J. Sheckells
July 6, 1997

II

It is not so much the application of the "hard sciences" that I am refering to as much as it is to the application of statistics within fields of study where they are somewhat irrelevent. One must understand that calculus is meant to deal with data that falls within infintessimal ranges. That is, by definition, what this mathematical tool was meant to do. Certainly, it would be hard to quantify human feelings and actions within these small boundaries.

The second insidious nature of modern science does fall on the shoulders of the true scientists. There must be some self governing within the community that can effectively deal with the moral implications of the attitude which includes research at all costs. This is indeed a dilemma that has no easy solution. If we are to define science as an attempt to observe and gather knowledge, then how are we to allow for moral judgements? It is the same stigma that troubles the internet and freedom of speech. This writer does not have the answers, but the belief exists that it is long past the time to open an exchange of ideas on the subject.
ŠSeptember 11, 1997 with revisions to follow

Original Text (I)
ŠGary J Sheckells
June 7, 1997
Heavily edited and revised June 11, 1997
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