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talkpoliticsOver 2300 years ago, Pythagoreans made a scientific breakthrough when they were able to conceive of a moving Earth. The idea was attacked as blasphemous from a number of quarters. To Pagans, the idea threatened the power of the solar cult. To other philosophers, publication of such esoteric concepts violated the dignity of the profession. Centuries later, Roman Catholics martyred one of their own monks and banned the writing of a Roman official who had stumbled upon the ancient insight into celestial mechanics. Such breakthroughs in perception are called paradigm shifts because they change the way we view the natural world. Once the transition in perception is made, it becomes difficult to reverse.
At the time of the persecution of Galileo for speaking truth to power, another inquirer with interest in pre-Christian literature breathed new life into the ancient notion that the mind is influenced by bodily fluids. The notion that black bile causes mental degradation was revived and given new legs with the added idea of a theater of inner thought. As with astrophysics, life sciences progressed with further inquiry. A breakthrough in neural science occurred three and a half centuries ago when a biologist discovered that electric current induces muscle contractions. This led to modifications of the Cartesian biochemical paradigm that remain with us today in the form of an obsession with neural "firing" and bio-chemical interference with electrochemical reactions.
The next major breakthrough occurred in the middle of the previous century when a researcher observed wave patterns in neural activity. This has led to the electromagnetic neural wave paradigm of mental activity. The paradigm shift from a Galvanic system to a neural wave system is just as great as the shift from a static Earth to a moving Earth. There is as much resistance to this paradigm shift within the bio-chemical priesthood today as there was resistance by the Roman priesthood to a moving Earth paradigm at the turn of the seventeenth century.
The political implications of the neural wave paradigm are greater than merely demonstrating the charlatan nature of an entire priesthood. Personal electromagnetic space cannot be easily separated from the space outside the nervous system. In the US, the federal government is chartered with the responsibility of regulating use of the electromagnetic spectrum. It thinks of itself as the ultimate owner of all electromagnetic wave space, including the space between the ears of individuals. The hubris of American martial practice does not end at federal borders, neither does its sense of wave space ownership.
What do you think of the Pentagon's attitude toward your personal neural wave space?
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At the time of the persecution of Galileo for speaking truth to power, another inquirer with interest in pre-Christian literature breathed new life into the ancient notion that the mind is influenced by bodily fluids. The notion that black bile causes mental degradation was revived and given new legs with the added idea of a theater of inner thought. As with astrophysics, life sciences progressed with further inquiry. A breakthrough in neural science occurred three and a half centuries ago when a biologist discovered that electric current induces muscle contractions. This led to modifications of the Cartesian biochemical paradigm that remain with us today in the form of an obsession with neural "firing" and bio-chemical interference with electrochemical reactions.
The next major breakthrough occurred in the middle of the previous century when a researcher observed wave patterns in neural activity. This has led to the electromagnetic neural wave paradigm of mental activity. The paradigm shift from a Galvanic system to a neural wave system is just as great as the shift from a static Earth to a moving Earth. There is as much resistance to this paradigm shift within the bio-chemical priesthood today as there was resistance by the Roman priesthood to a moving Earth paradigm at the turn of the seventeenth century.
The political implications of the neural wave paradigm are greater than merely demonstrating the charlatan nature of an entire priesthood. Personal electromagnetic space cannot be easily separated from the space outside the nervous system. In the US, the federal government is chartered with the responsibility of regulating use of the electromagnetic spectrum. It thinks of itself as the ultimate owner of all electromagnetic wave space, including the space between the ears of individuals. The hubris of American martial practice does not end at federal borders, neither does its sense of wave space ownership.
What do you think of the Pentagon's attitude toward your personal neural wave space?
Note on tags: Forgive the moderator. He is young and is not aware of the consequences of his actions.
