I think a few are confusing what head is talking about with poppers falsification principles of scientific enquiry. While a good scientist after finding evidence to support a theory should then try to find evidence to disprove it, an example of knowledge supression would be where the church had galilao (sp?) executed for spreading knowledge that bible was wrong when describing the workings of the solar system, or when the uk primeminister asked for the opnion of the experts on the harmfull effects of canabis and then not only ignored them, but then contradicted them.
45% of americans believe in creationism, some of them may buy genetics from respected breeders who use the laws of evolution to improve and create new strains of canabis. yet they dont see that they are contradicting their own misguided beliefs when doing so.
We live in a time when our lives are so filled with getting through each day, that we dont all get the chance to contemplate which of our own views are justifiable, and many dont have the mental facility to weigh up the arguements, they just look for the figure with the greatest authority and believe what they say to believe. Its sad but true that using this method to gain our views on reality alone would leave our species of animal picking berries off bushes rather than surfing the internet.
I struggle constantly to find the patience and compassion for the worlds natural berry pickers not to grab them and shake them in the hope of dislodging whatever blockage prevents the thoughts from forming in their minds, (metaphorically speaking) but the truth is we cant all sit in the sun (deliberate play on platonian teachings) and contemplate our belly buttons, or we'd all starve. We need the berry pickers and we need the contemplators, and the latter have to accept that the former wont be interested in our realisations unless they help them pick more berries.
45% of americans believe in creationism, some of them may buy genetics from respected breeders who use the laws of evolution to improve and create new strains of canabis. yet they dont see that they are contradicting their own misguided beliefs when doing so.
We live in a time when our lives are so filled with getting through each day, that we dont all get the chance to contemplate which of our own views are justifiable, and many dont have the mental facility to weigh up the arguements, they just look for the figure with the greatest authority and believe what they say to believe. Its sad but true that using this method to gain our views on reality alone would leave our species of animal picking berries off bushes rather than surfing the internet.
I struggle constantly to find the patience and compassion for the worlds natural berry pickers not to grab them and shake them in the hope of dislodging whatever blockage prevents the thoughts from forming in their minds, (metaphorically speaking) but the truth is we cant all sit in the sun (deliberate play on platonian teachings) and contemplate our belly buttons, or we'd all starve. We need the berry pickers and we need the contemplators, and the latter have to accept that the former wont be interested in our realisations unless they help them pick more berries.