Humanity in transition, Science needs to lead.

The essay is as outstanding as Messi on the football field. Is Messi in front of the goal? From the conclusion, it is probably not, and the most important thing is to score goals. That's why I think 8 is a realistic rating.

It is highly doubtful that disconnected science is capable of leading humanity.

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he 4th Hermetic principle is “every entity or phenomenon has an opposite.” Using the
words potential and actual, the universe we have studied exhaustively is the actual universe
and it has 3 dimensions. What we have not studied is a non-physical or potential universe
and it turns out that this is a part of our universe in a new extended sense. This new potential
space has the strange dimension of -1 as opposed to the actual with dimension 3D.
To grasp this idea, consider a human personality as having a part which is form and a part
which is substance. The form is the potential, and the substance is the actual. The form part
of the person includes the mind and all thoughts and emotions. The substance part that we
know so well includes the brain and the physical body.
The discovery is that all thought “exists” in the new additional space. Further all this
“in_formation” is shared by all living things. Memories are stored in a way that you can
access. As part of a community your thoughts are in a shared space and therefore get
meaning. Every thought every form of everything that has ever existed on planet Earth is
recorded in this potential space.
Not only has nature has arranged for two spaces, but she has also arranged that they compare
each other on a regular basis. In this way everything within nature evolves. As suspected the
universe is alive and it evolves. The first Hermitic principles asserts Nature or “All there is”
is consciousness and thought.
We can say that in the actual space we living things experiment as we live and move and
have our being. Meanwhile nature has arranged that all our movements and our thoughts are
being recorded and if we get into a situation which is unacceptable, Nature prevents further
evolution in that direction. Some choices are not allowed. This implies a multi level reality
consistent with the Hermetic Principle of Correspondence, “As above so below, as below so
above.”
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I am a PhD, and yes humanity is in crisis. What the essay gets wrong, and profoundly wrong is the following
A. Treated this way, Scientific endeavor will form a ruling cadre;. Then we go to the question, WHO GUARDS the Guardians"
B. Yes, the crisis is very real. But it is useless to appeal to SCIENCE and the SCIENTIFIC METHOD as a clarion cry for humanistic treatment.
Sadly to say, humanism , and humane treatment of people is not in the mission statement of science. Science is a statement of evidence based factuality and rigorous testing of hypothesis, via experimental methodology.
To cloak science as an appeal for a new ruling class in order to save ourselves from our inner innate psychosis , we will be going to the supreme MESS created by Constantine the Great. I.e. "Gods representative on Earth" - is. in latin Ponifix Maximus- the head priest. And then the utter lunacy of in Europe of the " Divine right of Kings" which was when we throughly mixed up church and state
We really need to be very careful of mixing up church and state, because if one makes Science partaking of governance we will be making a slippery descent into the madness of the rule of "priest kings" ,
Want a horrific example ?
Ikhnaton was the first individual in history.” Akhenaten came to power as the pharaoh of Egypt in either the year 1353 or 1351 BCE and reigned for roughly 17 years during the 18th dynasty of Egypt's New Kingdom. Akhenaten became best known to modern scholars for the new religion he created that centered on the Aten.
HERE is what the above does NOT say. Ikhnaton was the one whom PRAYED to ATEN, the solar disk, and the solar disk would then present divine knowledge to Ikhnaton.
What was the catch ? The Egyptian people were not allowed to pray to Aten. That was reserved for Ikhnaton. And then the people had solely to rely upon Ikhnaton for "divine guidance" Guess what happened? His new capital saw half of its inhabitants STARVING TO DEATH. Fun, fun fun
We will be in THAT sort of situation if we "deify science"
What science can do, is to laser out the idiot rumbling of quacks who make factually wrong statements as to garner support. I.e. the entire MAGA movement in America is loaded up to the gills with this nonsense
However, using science to laser out the idiot rumblings of quacks is VERY different from deifying science
What we have to do, is to double down on blasting out of existence the entire realm of "alternate facts". Yes Science has a good role to play there. But as far as going further than that ? Read your history. The collapse of Egypt due to Ikhnaton and his madness, when he tried to become the SUPREME authority is a warning> And deifying science is not going to work

The topic was already discussed in a former FQXi competition. I agree with you on causality and on the increasing responsibility of mankid for its own future. As Alan Kadin wrote, there are already just too many people on earth with moreover growing individual demands for everybody's life as luxourious as it is in developed countries presently possible, too, implying mounting wast, irresponsible consumption of ressources, etcetera.
Science requires to clearly distingish between the word humanity in the sense of mankind and humanity as a quality of human behavior, considered as the good one. The religious idea "be fertile and get more" is already increasingly imprudent.

Science does need to lead and be a prominent cultural force. That is my contention in my essay, Global Externalities and a New Science, as well. Something like the 7 Hermetic principles as guidance would be should well be a leading force. Good point regarding smart phones as the focus with the profit motive as a driving force. It is more than prominent in my essay as well. Profit is the universal language imposed by our corporate culture and training and guiding science and the people is the answer.

Hi AquamarineImpala.
You said, that:
"The practices of the past are now understood to be out of step with nature and need to be corrected using scientific knowledge both old and new. Nature has provided us with human resources, knowledge and technology to transition peacefully."
Totally agree with you!

You have to think big!
It is known that Newton determined the gravitational coefficient through the parameters of the orbits of the planets of the solar system. If the gravitational coefficient is determined in a similar way from the parameters of the orbits of electrons in the Hydrogen atom, then the gravitational coefficient of the planetary system of the Hydrogen atom becomes 40 orders of magnitude greater than in the solar system. Then the Planck parameters of the Hydrogen atom are the parameters of an electron with its radius equal to the radius of the Compton wave of the electron. Those. each level of fractal matter has its own “Planck parameters”, and the generally accepted Planck parameters are an abstract delusion and have no real meaning at all. Indeed, what relation does the gravitational coefficient from the parameters of the Solar system have to the parameters of the planetary system of the Hydrogen atom? None!!!

You have to think big!
The fine structure constant can be easily calculated with an accuracy of up to 7 digits, assuming that all elements of matter have a fractal structure. Then, therefore, "black holes" do not exist, and there is no event horizon. Those. inside putative "black holes", there is deterministic matter that obeys the simple quantum laws of fractal matter, which unify gravity and quantum phenomena of the deterministic functioning of matter on all scales of the universe [ appendix: https://s3.amazonaws.com/fqxi.data/data/essay-contest-files/16/reference_id_2304.pdf
https://qspace.fqxi.org/competitions/entry/2304#control_panel ].

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Let's thaught about your principles
"Seven Hermetic principles
A central concept is that there are "seven Hermetic principles, upon which the entire Hermetic
philosophy is based".

1. The principle of mentalism
   "The All is Mind; the Universe is Mental." Consciousness / Thought”
2. The principle of correspondence
   "As above, so below; as below, so above.” “Levels of reality”
3. The principle of vibration “Everything is moving”
   "Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates."
4. The principle of polarity “Principle of Dynamic Opposition”
   "Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike
   are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all
   truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled."
5. The principle of rhythm “there are patterns in movement and growth”.
   "Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulumswing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the
   swing to the left; rhythm compensates."
6. The principle of cause and effect “The universe is lawful”
   "Every cause has its effect; every effect has its cause; everything happens according to law;
   chance is but a name for law not recognized; there are many planes of causation, but nothing
   escapes the law."
7. The principle of gender “Principle of Dynamic Opposition and Gender are similar”
   "Gender is in everything; everything has its masculine and feminine principles; gender
   manifests on all planes."
8. the principle of mentalism: I can call it the principle of unity-multiplicity: one is multiple and multiple things can be one. For example light can becomes from one ampule or many leds the result is the same .
9. The principle of correspondance: yes it is a quantum principle according to Bohr. For high level quantum the energy is the same as in classical theory. For low levels quantum there is always somthing to measure classically
10. The principle of vibration: you can model every point of space time as an harmonic oscillator. Vacuum energy in huge empty space as in cosmology is tha same in atomic vaccum.
    4.The principle of polarity: is the principle of non contradiction: motion and rest are equivalent this leads us to the principle of relativety
    5.The principle of rythm: nature is huge black body : everything is a resonator.
    6.The principle of cause and effect: every mobile have a motor (eventhought in classical mechanics: motion happen is viscous space with negative pressure)
11. the principle of gender: think about electric charges.