Magnus:
>I agree that it's probably impossible to find a single level
>catastrophic event. But I think the society of the book "1984"
>comes pretty close to being the intellectual catastrophe Pete
>requested.?
Most events probably affect at least two levels. Perhaps the lower the
level at which the event has its 'primary' effect, the greater the
number of levels affected ?
A purely intellectual level catastrophe would be unlikely to impinge on
the inorganic level, but the destruction of the planet would hardly go
unnoticed !
The intellectual catastrophe example proposed by Roger might be worthy
of full Lila Squad topic status. A catastrophe implies disaster. A
stimulus for intellectual evolution might be cataclysmic (in the sense
of bringing about major upheaval) without being disastrous. Such change
may often be triggered by an individual - Pirsig's 'brujo'. Candidates ?
How about Galileo, Einstein, Turing - not forgetting Picasso, Stravinsky
and Samuel Beckett.
Regards
Pete
BTW apology accepted Roger ;)
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