Posts Tagged ‘myth’

If one wishes to be taken seriously in this world of ours, it is important not to be seen as shooting from the hip – a few anecdotal examples do not a theory make! Therefore, we painstakingly research our points, we find studies that support our assertions, and we refer to acknowledged authorities in the field. In other words, we build a case supported by objective, verifiable evidence.

These studies – do we know the assumptions that support their findings? And these acknowledged experts- do we know the earlier triumphs upon which their present largesse is based? No! We assume these experts know more than us, and that these studies are honestly executed, logically consistent, and produce meaningful findings because… Because everyone says so!

So we give our experience, our insight, our innate wisdom, a backseat to studies that have been commissioned by parties with vested interests in their findings, and to experts connected to institutions that define the status quo. In this way the prevailing view can find copious amounts of ‘objective’ support, but the naysayer, the maverick, is hard pressed to find any credible’ support for their contentions.

Now comes the paradox – we cannot be absolutely sure of that which is scientifically verifiable either. Scientists will be the first to admit that absolute certainty does not exist, and the most we can hope for is a high degree of confidence in the fact that something, or some causal relationship, appears to hold true, under a certain set of conditions.

As an aside, wishing to base our world view on something hard, like facts, rather than something soft, like inference and conjecture, we demand that our reality be verifiable. The scientific process is rigorous and restrictive. The problem is that only a small subset of reality can be proven scientifically. Just because something falls outside this narrow sliver of reality does not mean that it is not true, or that he cannot attest to it’s validity.

So in this way scientific validity has become the bludgeon with which the status quo attempts to pre-emptively deflect any opposition to that which is held to be true. As the Players well know, this truth itself is nothing more than pure fabrication. From where they are perched, it is of little consequence what nonsense we choose to subscribe to, one myth is as good as another; just so long as we are all ensnared in the ironclad conviction, that our model, our particular ruse, our particular parody of reality, is God’s truth!