Yep, I agree. I focus on the phrase "respect for OTHER people". And the sentence from the previous paragraph: "Bodily and spiritual sovereignty are illusions."
On 9/23/21 11:13 AM, Pieter Steenekamp wrote: > I specifically like the concluding paragraph in your Guardian's reference: > "Enlightenment of any kind is possible only through long and determined > engagement with other people’s findings and other people’s ideas. > Self-realisation requires constant self-questioning. True freedom emerges > from respect for other people." > > It reminds me of Donald Hoffman's case against reality. One person's science > is another person's delusion. > > Pieter > > On Thu, 23 Sept 2021 at 19:00, uǝlƃ ☤>$ <geprope...@gmail.com > <mailto:geprope...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/22/leftwingers-far-right-conspiracy-theories-anti-vaxxers-power > > <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/22/leftwingers-far-right-conspiracy-theories-anti-vaxxers-power> > > "The notion of the 'sovereign body', untainted by chemical contamination, > has begun to fuse with the fear that a shadowy cabal is trying to deprive us > of autonomy." > > On 9/23/21 5:24 AM, Pieter Steenekamp wrote: > > Well, I for one am always very suspicious of what my doctor tells me. > > > > It's not that I'm against modern medicine, IMO they do wonders, but are > their interests always aligned 100% with mine as a patient? Me thinketh not, > modern medicine is money-driven.I go to the doctor for advice, but ultimately > I claim responsibility for my own body; I don't abdicate my health to > somebody else. > > > > For example, I just listened to a documentary "Big Pharma - How much > power do drug companies have? "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z_W3yRA9I8 > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z_W3yRA9I8> > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z_W3yRA9I8 > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z_W3yRA9I8>> on Youtube, going into details > of the greed of the pharmaceutical companies. > > -- "Better to be slapped with the truth than kissed with a lie." ☤>$ uǝlƃ .-- .- -. - / .- -.-. - .. --- -. ..--.. / -.-. --- -. .--- ..- --. .- - . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn UTC-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/
