I Believe

Module initiated c. 2001

What makes pk unique is neither my imagination, nor my intelligence, nor my scientific discipline: it is my willingness to confront What cannot be discussed in polite society: Namely, whether civilization has made mankind Too stupid to live. I believe that mankind was a trouble to himself and to the biosphere before the invention of civilization. That belief is based on a lifetime of study: both freelance and academic. That belief is shared and supported by scientists the likes of Desmond Morris and Jared Diamond. To their scholarship I add the belief that civilization, which Diamond more accurately calls kleptocracy, is a trick played on our species by god and nature to get rid of us: fast and final. Give the grab-ass drunk whatever he wants: he’ll kill himself the sooner. I believe that “rational” system and “social” system don’t go together. I believe that it is highly dubious that mankind will ever invent a system or write a law as reliable or just as those which came with the universe of life in the first place. Life, death, evolution … may be all that any creature or group should ever need. The gang search for advantage will in the long run prove counter productive. You can believe anything you want; but at judgment, only the truth should count. I fear that there can be no political solutions for our predicament so long as institutions truly represent the population base. Self-serving, self-deluded democracy is little better than self-serving, self-deluded monarchy. Church, state, and school all leave us in the same homeostatic theater of illusion. Now if we all learned a little reason, a little science … This is one of several modules that spun off of an entrance page around 2000 or 2001. For a while I located them in an “irony” folder of my personal section; now I move them to Teaching / Society …

Civilization a Trick

Rational System

Hot Frog, Soft Learn

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(A slightly earlier I Believe will be relinked.)

All are congruent with the several hundred modules that have been gathering here over the years. Note that the three linked immediately above were written before the current Who’s pk [to be resurrected] piece. Some revision must thus follow. And while we’re specializing in pk irony, here’s pk’s Will. 2008 06 19 Maybe it’s not as simple as that we’re “too stupid to live”; maybe we’re just too dishonest to use our intelligence wisely. Related: Douglas Adams Gaiman Scrapbook I Believe About pk Seems to me that some modicum of honesty is requisite to intelligence. If we look in the mirror and see not kleptocrats but Christians, we’re still in the same old trouble. View all posts by pk → This entry was posted in belief, pk Teaching, social epistemology, society. Bookmark the permalink. ← Belief scrapbook on Santa Claus → Search for: Archives August 2019 March 2019 February 2019 December 2018 September 2018 August 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 January 2011 November 2010 October 2010 September 2002 October 2001 September 2001 July 2001 January 2000 March 1995 January 1995 Meta Register Log in PKnatz Blog Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use. To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy %d bloggers like this: