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Elaboration 19.1
Indeed, at our universities (except maybe at those behind the Iron
Curtain), many scientists are to be found who are superstitious in
their daily lives. They certainly are would-be scientists who think
that science is only to happen (!) in a certain building, not at
home or on the street, that often, their superstitions happen only
in certain other buildings the temples. They are on a par with many
teachers who think that influence (ideation, education, suggestion,
indoctrination, etc.) only happens when the children are properly
seated in the school, or like the doctors who think that suggestion
(ideation, etc.) takes place only when they start doing it, and so
forth (Jacobson). (Jacobson teaches you how to teach others deep
relaxation, yet he stresses most seriously NOT to use suggestion
(!!!). It makes his book both, valuable and ridiculous). With a
'real' scientist, a person is meant who is a scientist through and
through, in his whole mind, therefore in all his actions and
activity in life. Absurd questions that follow from the
superstitions (the difference between a religion and superstition
depends solely on the number, the percentage, of acceptors of the
belief as true, many makes a superstition into a religion, few make
a religion into a superstition (Locke) ), become superfluous and
non-existent questions. Persons who first believe that a god 'is',
second that it (or he, she, they), is the all loving, are pestered
by e.g. the logical paradox why there is so much misery in the
world. This question, naturally becomes meaningless when no such
absurd superstitions are held. With Galsworthy we might say that
birds, animals, insects, vegetable life, they all eat each other
more or less, but they make no fuss about it (The Freelands). We
should always remain aware of the true cause for behaviour, instead
of the secondary or tertiary 'reasons' we are so used to. Why does
this professor or teacher teach? The explanation (tertiary cause) of
the pupil is: because he wants me to know ... X. The teacher's own
explanation (secondary cause) to himself is: that it makes a good
living. The real cause is: be-cause of his need for control,
applause, security. This thought is valid for everybody that one
encounters in civilized life, i.e. except under stress, like famine,
concentration camp, life-boat, cinema fire, etc. survivalistic
control. It is valid for the bus conductor who clips one's ticket,
the nurse, surgeon, artist, minister of health, etc. (Spencer). The
real scientist rejects the two fields of control, of being
controlled, i.e. the religion and the fashion. The remaining one,
control by laws, he accepts only. It is an obvious necessity, but
then, ... sanity first.
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Ven
2007-09-11