Marco and all,
I was so impudent to say:
>> I find your use of the phrase "public
>> opinion" to describe your view a little strange.
The view I was talking about was Marco's post from some time ago:
>My suggestions for the 4 environments:
>Space-time universe
>Ecosystem
>Political-Economic System
>Public Opinion
>
>You disagree on public opinion, but I'd say that scientific
>opinion IS a public opinion, where simply the public is restrained to a
>recognized elite. Even the Norwegian public opinion is an elite, where
probably
>a Tanzanian has almost no voice.
And now I am challenged by Marco:
>So, could be that I misused *public opinion*. Can you please suggest
something
>better?
I would say that the environment for the Intellectual level is the "Island
of knowledge" or "paradigm" we live in. And on the upper level, I guess we
are living in a SOM paradigm.
So my list will be:
-Space-time universe
-Ecosystem
-Political-Economic System + Public opinion
-Island of knowledge
IMO the MoQ is a new alternative paradigm / island, and we are probably the
first uncertain residents. We should work towards proving the need for this
island, and showing what benefits this paradigm gives over the existing one.
But we have to be aware of the fact that most new paradigms have an
incubation period of approximately 60 years.
If anybody is uncertain with what I mean by a paradigm and Island of
knowledge, I can give some extracts from a Norwegian book by Per Arne
Bjørkum "Annerledestenkerne" (Those who where thinking differently), to
describe this a little better. Bo have the opportunity to read a good book,
the rest of you have to find another book ...(probably Kuhn: The Structure
of Scientific revolutions) or trust my extract and translation. But I think
most of you probably know this stuff better than me.
I still think and hope we more or less agree, but I prefer to use another
word for the intellect's environment.
Looking forward to your reply.
Gerhard
MOQ.ORG - http://www.moq.org
Mail Archive - http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/
MD Queries - horse@darkstar.uk.net
To unsubscribe from moq_discuss follow the instructions at:
http://www.moq.org/md/subscribe.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Sat Aug 17 2002 - 16:01:27 BST