7Br(Defiance)-p
Human catastrophes are generally long recognized as thinking catastrophes and failures, which is why
crises are seldom surprising. In
the prevailing mindset neither problems nor puzzles yield often to the first attack. Recall that
paradigm and theory resist change
and are extremely resilient. Philosophers of science have repeatedly demonstrated that more than one
theoretical construction can
always be placed upon a given collection of data. In early stages of a paradigm, such theoretical
alternatives are easily invented.
Once a paradigm is entrenched (and the tools of the paradigm prove useful to solve the problems the
paradigm defines), theoretical
alternatives are strongly resisted. As in manufacture so in science--retooling is an extravagance
to be reserved for the occasion that
demands it .
Crises provide the opportunity to retool
. In the meantime the economy makes progress at reengineering the world
but hardly anybody has anymore time to reframe his mind and think about redesigning the
now outdated prevailing MOS.
What Kuhn talks about here is the DEFIANCE with which the c3-MOS resists
7Br=preparing to influence others to get ready for more
appropriate boundary conditions
! As you know not even economy is here to solve any real, e.g. social problems, let alone personal
ones, it is here to make money...
WHAT are you here for?
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