Unexpected events make the hidden visible, often. But; does
not make the unknown known. Because the unknown always manages to hide in
another way. The reason for this success is largely the perception. The fact
that the events are not 'expected' is due to the limited possibilities in the
'expectant' thoughts.
This is one of the qualities of modern life: the limitation
of possibilities in our heads. Technological facilities can improve people's
abilities and expand their dreams. But the backplane doesn't change. There are roughnesses,
indentations, and paths in the backplane. Their positions often do not change,
and when they do, they do not move out of the surface. That is why, for all the
colors and tones in the spectrum of the modern society, the previous state has
been defined, and the purpose
aftermath is to jump a tone at most, or
perhaps a few colors beyond. Of course, the necessity to be within one band of
the color of the spectrum is present in every age and society. Since there is a
more intense pressure in societies that are said to be 'closed', the tonal
bands are narrower. But; old, primitive, 'simple' communities accept the
rupture of the spectrum faster and act according to the fact that what is
happening is a change or a transformation. 'The anger of the gods', 'destiny',
'the punishment for the evil we have done' ... What happened has had been
happenned, the one who came to the fate has had to be accepted. This had
been told in legends. For example, the
Red Sea had been split [1], and the Noah's Flood had covered the whole earth with water [2].
Whatever the explanations were, those have not been denied.
It is not thought that there is such a possibility in closed
or open, modern societies. However, we have centuries of knowledge that can
explain natural and social phenomena beyond miraculous or great destruction.
Yeah. But we are in a different system from primitive societies. This is such a
difference that we do not know the other system, nature. Nature's own
contradictions end very quickly enough to be said that there is no
contradiction in nature. Because there exist also low probabilities. This
quality of nature is at the root of the "miracles" and
"destructions" of the primitive man. “Nature itself is not
contradictory; however, it may be contradictory in terms of the particular
human activity involved; characteristics of the environment take different
meanings according to the historical and technical form of this or that type of
activity" [3].The primitive man knew "non-contradictory" nature and
was aware that his own activities constituted "contradiction".
Picture Plato's Cave (1604)
Jan Pietersz Saenredam and Cornelisz van Haerlem [4]
We live in a dream that we are in when we wake up. We
cannot use our scientific knowledge even
to understand the range of colors we are trapped in our spectrum, let alone to
recognize another system. Because; in the last few decades, we have moved away
from the non-contradictory system over there, thoroughly, perhaps completely.
We are fighting for survival on our spectrum. The colors of the spectrum also
decreased and became very contradictory. There are no more tones, but dark and
light colors. Poor and wealthy, East and West, immigrant and settled, male and
female, child and adult, incompatible and compatible with the system, disabled
and complete… Moreover, human and other living creatures outside the spectrum…
Inequality society and exploited nature…
It must be harder to live in the subsets of a modern unequal
society than in a primitive society. Because; no nature that helps, anymore.
Beyond surviving, one has to be able not to die. No healing herbs, fresh air,
water and soil. There is no agriculture. There is no forest. Most of the
animals, insects extincted [5]. There is
science. But who cares?
Therefore; sub-clusters of modern societies would not care
also about a virus that suddenly appeared in an unnatural war, in a war where
they are on their own.
While sub-clusters struggled to hold on to life, the
supergroups sought a better "living". It was very unlikely that a
virus would undergo a mutation, spread through mobility, and they did not know
that low probabilities could occur, because they did not know nature. Then it
was necessary to refuse. Perhaps, denial was the only view that all clusters
agreed upon, since admission would make the
poor away from the work and result in
decrease of the profits for the
wealthy. Then the measures were denied. Mask were not seen as necessary for a
while. Despite the scientists' declaration in July 2020 that the virus was
suspended in the air, this was ignored
[6]. It started to be discussed much later that the indoor areas should be
ventilated with appropriate methods and the number of people per unit area
should be reduced. It is unclear what will happen next.
With the idea that he is almost alone on this earth, where
it dries even the water beneath it, the human species sharpened the
contradictions and reduced also its own diversity. It is now being asked to
adhere to the meaningless measures introduced by the rulers of this
contradictory system, many of which were taken in 'panic' to save the day. Even
the educated people of this system defend that the virus is a conspiracy,
oppose vaccination, have doubts because of the contradictions they see. It
cannot be expected from the individual who has been violently suppressed when
he attempted to be effective in ultimate condition, to obey
the rules which are due to mostly delayed and meaningless measures.
Before, everyone had to be well fed, treatment and education should be
qualified, free of charge, equipped with infrastructures, especially
ventilation, and working and retirement times had to be arranged in harmony
with the physiological structure of the human being. That was the right thing.
Now, the individual who internalizes the inequality of the
modern society tries to awaken from his dream with the fate of ignoring the
nature, by saying 'all this is a game'. He is dreaming again. The supersets of
the inequality are not able to find a way out, either. Where they come from is
far beyond what their deterministic
understanding envisioned. While every living creature was a source of
randomness, the glow that they thought
only the "hardworking, well-adapted" part of society could
have had, had began to fade [7]. Perhaps
again, with these experiences, they will move to a wider spectrum with more
colors. But this will not continue either. Because, they only see the shadows
passing through the bottom of the cave. The truth is outside the cave. In
nature, in equal society. It is in the visible world which is guarded by the
sun [8]. Not in the virus spreading bat which is in the cave we are hid.
1]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/12/08/no-really-there-is-a-scientific-explanation-for-the-parting-of-the-red-sea-in-exodus/
[2]
https://ncse.ngo/yes-noahs-flood-may-have-happened-not-over-whole-earth
[3] Levi-Strauss, Claude, Yaban Düşünce (In Turkish), Çev.:Tahsin Yücel, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 9. Baskı, Şubat 2020., Sayfa: 132.
[4]
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.62542.html
[5] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01448-4
[6]
https://seyhanuyguronbasioglu.blogspot.com/p/newton-gelmedi-heisenbergi-bilmiyoruz.html
[7] Interview with Klaus Schwab (In German). Zeit Online, September 21, 2020.
[8] Platon, Devlet, (In Turkish). Çev.: Sabahattin Eyüboğlu,M. Ali Cimcoz, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, XXII. Baskı, Ocak 2012,Sayfa: 233.
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