These posts explore the themes developed in my monograph, Narcisso-Fascism, which is itself a real-world test of the central concepts of the Biocognitive Model of Mind for psychiatry.
There is one flaw in Einstein's famous maxim that "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.".
And that is when observer of the "insanity" is unaware of the REAL reasons behind the flawed action that have nothing to do with claimed intentions, and those real reasons may well be working as intended.
There's an element you've missed Niall, because you're a nice person who devoted his life to actually helping people, rather than sink into the swamp that is studying Polsci and real world politics.
And that is that during that Public meeting, what is NOT said is that the Big Harma corporations are funding those very same committee members to the tune of millions every year.
So along comes the decent psychologists, and they have to explain to those recipients why they should voluntarily leave their own cushy gravy train, for the sake of "nutters" who probably wouldn't vote for them anyway, and DEFINITELY won't be handing of millions for their re-election campaigns. And when those recipients, who may personally be swayed by the arguments, will be certain that the sociopaths surrounding them on the rest of the committee will continue to take the funds. And that Big Harma will fund the next election's opposition in your constituency/national party heartily to get rid of you. Al a Thomas Massie in a similar case in the US.
"Uphill struggle" doesn't even begin to describe this process.
Very good question. In 1847 a British mathematician working alone in Cork published "The Laws of Thought," which set out the rules of a dual valued logic. George Boole's contribution to maths and logic was immeasurable, but he also forced vast changes in philosophy of mind. I cover this in "Natural Dualism and Mental disorder." Boole's book is available on Google Books but I managed to find a copy of the 1968 edition.
Thanks. My father had that book. It's about logic, I know.
There's another of looking at it. Cognitive development, as viewed byJean Piaget. He had a (logic- mathematical) model of the "mind" development. He spoke of logic- mathematical "structures" through different periods, since birth. ( Maybe you know about it).
However, he received lots of criticism, especially from the angl-saxon world.
Yes, Piaget had a burst of interest in the 70s and 80s but appears to have faded a lot since then. His work, from memory, was descriptive, not explanatory. It is consistent with the principles of the biocognitive model, which is broader and more foundational. Perhaps I should look at Piaget again, it would probably be a neat fit.
There is one flaw in Einstein's famous maxim that "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.".
And that is when observer of the "insanity" is unaware of the REAL reasons behind the flawed action that have nothing to do with claimed intentions, and those real reasons may well be working as intended.
Too true.
There's an element you've missed Niall, because you're a nice person who devoted his life to actually helping people, rather than sink into the swamp that is studying Polsci and real world politics.
And that is that during that Public meeting, what is NOT said is that the Big Harma corporations are funding those very same committee members to the tune of millions every year.
So along comes the decent psychologists, and they have to explain to those recipients why they should voluntarily leave their own cushy gravy train, for the sake of "nutters" who probably wouldn't vote for them anyway, and DEFINITELY won't be handing of millions for their re-election campaigns. And when those recipients, who may personally be swayed by the arguments, will be certain that the sociopaths surrounding them on the rest of the committee will continue to take the funds. And that Big Harma will fund the next election's opposition in your constituency/national party heartily to get rid of you. Al a Thomas Massie in a similar case in the US.
"Uphill struggle" doesn't even begin to describe this process.
I'm afraid you're absolutely right, it did slip my mind.
Good article. I started wondering what could possibly be "the laws of the mind".
Very good question. In 1847 a British mathematician working alone in Cork published "The Laws of Thought," which set out the rules of a dual valued logic. George Boole's contribution to maths and logic was immeasurable, but he also forced vast changes in philosophy of mind. I cover this in "Natural Dualism and Mental disorder." Boole's book is available on Google Books but I managed to find a copy of the 1968 edition.
Thanks. My father had that book. It's about logic, I know.
There's another of looking at it. Cognitive development, as viewed byJean Piaget. He had a (logic- mathematical) model of the "mind" development. He spoke of logic- mathematical "structures" through different periods, since birth. ( Maybe you know about it).
However, he received lots of criticism, especially from the angl-saxon world.
Yes, Piaget had a burst of interest in the 70s and 80s but appears to have faded a lot since then. His work, from memory, was descriptive, not explanatory. It is consistent with the principles of the biocognitive model, which is broader and more foundational. Perhaps I should look at Piaget again, it would probably be a neat fit.
* another way...
** Anglo-saxon world.