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Fighting Ignorance With Ignorance

Written by: womenslegacy
Published: January 13, 2015 -- Last Modified: January 13, 2015
14 Comments

Basic information on how culture works,  respect for knowledge, and understanding of science is sorely missing from today’s world.  Even those who purportedly are educated people doing science or creating complex global policies do not understand even the basic concepts of social science.
We cannot fight ignorance with ignorance… for oh so many reasons.
Social science does not work from ideology.  Marxism and Supply-side economics both have ideology at the core of their understanding.  Perhaps Keynes missed things, but he attempted to look at and describe the operation of economic systems.
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Objectivity

Real reporting of news and reporting of scientific findings does not have a political viewpoint.  If you see these topics mixed with politics, you are not really looking at news or science.

Reinforcement

Paying attention to things you want to lessen will probably have the opposite of the intended impact.  For example, this is why I am not anti-war and instead am pro-peace.  Opposition puts as much energy into the system as support. This is part of why the status quo is so difficult to alter.

Paradigm Shift

You may have heard of paradigm shift.  The paradigm is the overarching premise that unites and generates thought about an organizing principle.  Changing what people do cannot really happen if the beliefs that motivate and promulgate a behavior remain as they have always been.
Pressure from the outside and working from the inside will not change an organizing principle at a systems level.

What We Have

Hierarchy and territoriality typify the way almost everything works in human society.  Contemporary governance, economics, infrastructure, religious practice, and almost everything else assumes competition between, unequal access, and differential worth of different types of people.
I would say things are not going so well when our religion and politics creates war, and when health, education and happiness are afterthoughts once profit is taken.
These are real pressing concerns and I would love to know what other intelligent bloggers and readers think might work to introduce real change.
Stay tuned.  More is coming on this topic this week.  I have a plan.
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Answer to yesterday’s question.  2000 people in Nigeria died last week in Boko Haram attacks.
 
 
 
 
 

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  1. Ruth Curran

    January 13, 2015 at 8:14 am

    You got me thinking yesterday and I am now hanging on every word Nancy — especially with that final statement that you have a plan… and I so want to be part of that plan!
    Paradigm shift…. I don’t think we can gently nudge the energy of the world in another direction. But…is using force counter-intuitive? You have my full attention!

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    • Nancy Hill

      January 13, 2015 at 12:54 pm

      Using force is counter-intuitive, and slight changes at the beginning of a new process can multiple over time… You may just have to come to Tucson to get the full mindmap of my nefarious plan.

      Reply
  2. Carol Cassara

    January 13, 2015 at 8:21 am

    I wish I could disagree, but I can’t. I have been very troubled by the very situation you describe and how otherwise bright people simply do not think it through. They’re spoon fed and that seems to be ok…i don’t know why this is, but yep, it is.

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    • Nancy Hill

      January 13, 2015 at 12:58 pm

      I know Carol, I know. That is why I am carefully laying out the problem as I see it and then writing about it. Someone has to!!!

      Reply
  3. Ellen Dolgen

    January 13, 2015 at 8:26 am

    I totally agree that we cannot fight ignorance with ignorance. I must say, usually I am a very optimistic person, but these days I am so very sad about the intolerance in the world. I am anxious to hear your plan!

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    • Nancy Hill

      January 13, 2015 at 1:03 pm

      I am ultimately positive and my plan is positive. Too many folks mix-up awareness and negativity. Closed eyes are not positive.

      Reply
  4. Lisa at GrandmasBriefs

    January 13, 2015 at 2:41 pm

    Such wise words, this: “I would say things are not going so well when our religion and politics creates war, and when health, education and happiness are afterthoughts once profit is taken.” Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.
    I look forward to hearing more. Your posts kick my head into high gear. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Nancy Hill

      January 13, 2015 at 5:42 pm

      I just hope my kicks don’t bruise you Lisa, I’m a pacifist!

      Reply
  5. Carolann

    January 13, 2015 at 6:44 pm

    I try to figure out the state of the world today and listen to both sides, but I just can’t seem to make sense of any of it. I don’t think any of us truly know what to do – not even the president! Great post though…made me think some more!

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    • Nancy Hill

      January 13, 2015 at 6:45 pm

      No one can know for sure, but we have to follow our guts and act. At least that is my motto!

      Reply
  6. Angela Weight

    January 14, 2015 at 8:27 am

    I’m a firm believer in the concept behind your example of being pro peace, rather than anti-war. Putting energy toward the intended result is always more fruitful than fighting against something.

    Reply
    • Nancy Hill

      January 14, 2015 at 8:32 pm

      It makes so much sense, doesn’t it Angela? Build it. Nurture it. It is what we women do best.

      Reply
  7. WendysHat

    January 14, 2015 at 11:47 am

    So true! I think about these things often myself. What I can do for now is to be an example and treat others as I would like to be treated myself.

    Reply
    • Nancy Hill

      January 14, 2015 at 8:36 pm

      Just think of what the world would be if we could all to that. What a wonderful world it would be if we could all do that.

      Reply

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