A. Apparently, many outside "experimental/theoretical" science have little or no idea about the somewhat subtle and yet "clear and distinct" difference between projections based on certain computer modeling and predictions based on "normal" science — it is in a sense the "difference" between "ideals" (aka "possibilities") and "realities" (aka the proverbial "real world"); Both are related — but in intriguing and dynamic and complex ways. Yet "lived" experiences and "dreamed" experiences are relevant to each other because experiences "about" the world and experiences "in" the world happen IN and around us IN the world, this world, this ONE world — the only ONE we know (the one world we even barely know and that we try everyday to know scientifically and non-scientifically). Perhaps, lived "ivory-tower" experiences and "Wall Street" experiences and "Main Street" experiences are all quasi related.
B. Perhaps, "politics," inside or outside, the world of education ALSO makes possible (for better or for worse) the ability at disinformation or "malamanipulation" of information or data — clever scholars are a master of this art (where persecution or demonization of an opposing position or idea or point dominates. In general, politics (the art of control of others) is increasingly cybernetic in method and aims.
C. If every human were an "angel" (a "good" angel), then every human would be "happy"? Won't consistent happiness make boredom possible or very likely??? A thinker ALWAYS asks questions!!!!??? — and always resists being a philosopher, especially an academic philosopher?
D. A difference (especially in "language" usages) exists between the "elite" classes (aka "credentialed" classes) and the "other" classes BUT NOT NECESSARILY IN INTELLIGENCE (NO MATTER HOW ONE DEFINE IT). The "uneducated" may be "naive" or "unsophisticated" but not NECESSARILY stupid. Ignorance of something does NOT necessarily amount to stupidity.
E. After all, every human being is usually (quasi) ignorant of other things.
F. The idea of "progress" in a teleological sense has a problem and thus the traditional sense of epistemology faces a difficulty — the paradox of knowledge or what I call the prime antimony of life or the prime antimony IN life. Just as Darwin removed or perhaps suspended teleology from biology, Kuhn removed or suspended teleology from philosophy of science. Knowledge tantalizes as its seeker tries to totalize the very same world the seeker is a part of (rather than APART from).
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On May 7, 2020, at 3:28 AM, Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:
"Lockdown" should not be the solution to COVID 19. The solution is the establishment of testing and treatment centres. "Lockdown" should be an initial action to give time to authorities to establish or upgrade facilities.CAO.
--Chidi Anthony Opara is a "Life Time Achievement" Awardee, Registered Freight Forwarder, Professional Fellow Of Institute Of Information Managerment, Africa, Poet and Publisher of PublicInformationProjects
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