But that "theory" is also largely why most of us -- many of us? -- live lives somewhat better than "nasty, brutish, and short". Something of a necessary evil.
Big business that -- massive amounts of biology and chemistry go into it: pesticides, toxic plants, fertilization and planting schedules, etc., etc. Never ends, a vexation to the spirit ... 😉🙂
But, you know, you "were" talking about how we need to "drag ourselves by our bloody fingertips back to what civilized us into an original people rather than leaving us to be just a bunch of profiteers and ruffians and loony cultists".
But that seems to be all about how society works, how it can go off the rails -- which is largely everyone's responsibility. And that "theory" -- which you seem too quick to dismiss as irrelevant -- is a good part of keeping the ship of state on a more or less even keel. Apropos of which, you might have some interest in T.H. Huxley and "Science and Hebrew Tradition", particularly since you seem to have a foot or two in that camp:
A portion that I'd quoted in my latest missive seems particularly germane to that quote of yours:
T.H. Huxley: "For those who look upon ignorance as one of the chief sources of evil; and hold veracity, not merely in act, but in thought, to be the one condition of true progress, whether moral or intellectual ..."
"theory" seems to be one of the better ways of alleviating that ignorance.
I just feel, you know, that out there in the woods the birds and the bees are laughing.
🙂 I guess that's partly why I find "The Lake" my connection to "reality", my anchor.
Reminds me of a quote of Goethe I'd run across many years ago:
"All theory is gray, my friend. But forever green is the tree of life.”
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/398427-all-theory-is-gray-my-friend-but-forever-green-is
But that "theory" is also largely why most of us -- many of us? -- live lives somewhat better than "nasty, brutish, and short". Something of a necessary evil.
I have the feeling that much could be relieved if more people did a little bit of gardening.
Big business that -- massive amounts of biology and chemistry go into it: pesticides, toxic plants, fertilization and planting schedules, etc., etc. Never ends, a vexation to the spirit ... 😉🙂
Or just sticking seeds into pots and putting them on the windowsill and waiting to see what happens.
🙂 That may take 5 minutes -- what will you do with the rest of your day? Knitting? 😉🙂
Pascal may have had a point: "All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone."
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/blaise_pascal_133380
But, you know, you "were" talking about how we need to "drag ourselves by our bloody fingertips back to what civilized us into an original people rather than leaving us to be just a bunch of profiteers and ruffians and loony cultists".
But that seems to be all about how society works, how it can go off the rails -- which is largely everyone's responsibility. And that "theory" -- which you seem too quick to dismiss as irrelevant -- is a good part of keeping the ship of state on a more or less even keel. Apropos of which, you might have some interest in T.H. Huxley and "Science and Hebrew Tradition", particularly since you seem to have a foot or two in that camp:
https://mathcs.clarku.edu/huxley/CE4/
A portion that I'd quoted in my latest missive seems particularly germane to that quote of yours:
T.H. Huxley: "For those who look upon ignorance as one of the chief sources of evil; and hold veracity, not merely in act, but in thought, to be the one condition of true progress, whether moral or intellectual ..."
"theory" seems to be one of the better ways of alleviating that ignorance.