The Dangers of Scientism And The Fear of The Unknowable, By Dave Pollard

The Dangers of Scientism And The Fear of The Unknowable, By Dave Pollard

Jun 13, 2013 | Emotional/Spiritual

Science is, after all, nothing more than the creation of approximate,  limited and ever-changing models and metaphors of some aspects of  reality, that are often interesting and sometimes (enormously) useful.  As such, scientism makes a pathetic religion. But in the 21st century,  we want to believe, and the promise of mathematical certainty and  absolute knowledge of everything, which underlies the new cult of  scientism and feeds off the intolerance (even loathing) we humans have  for complexity and for the unknowability of most of reality, is as  comforting to the bewildered and anxious minds of today as the old  absolutist religions were to those who couldn’t fathom or accept the terrible new, seemingly-unarguable ‘knowledge’ of previous centuries.

The Really Big Transition: Saying Goodbye To The Enlightenment, Saying Hello To Consciousness, By Carolyn Baker

The Really Big Transition: Saying Goodbye To The Enlightenment, Saying Hello To Consciousness, By Carolyn Baker

Feb 1, 2013 | Options/ New Paradigm

In the twenty-first century, industrial civilization is crumbling around us, and we are compelled to notice that a number of Enlightenment assumptions no longer apply or at the very least, have outlived their utility in a world unraveling. One of these is the notion that the universe is rational and orderly. The word that perhaps best describes the current era is chaos. So does this mean that reason is dead, and chaos reigns? Does it mean that we must choose which of the two is actually true, despite what our instincts tell us?