Synchrony: Refined fits and treacherous concepts

" And maybe the greatness that requires a belief in truth, beauty, and good is simply bullshit."

"Truth, beauty, and good" are a "story" wherein humans once more are blind to the foundations of their volition.

As my review points out, each termite most closely monitors the next termite and drops stucco (termite crap & sand) where other termites have already done so. Pheromonal gradients and mutual imitation over three generations build cathedrals 30 feet tall and with multiple chambers and air conditioning. Likewise, a million soldiers move as a unit although each one fights primarily to keep his buddy alive.

I'm not so sure that the phenomenon of Michelangelo was much different and that "truth, beauty, and good" are linguistic devices that achieve mass synchrony just as cell phones are a modern toy that achieves the same thing.

"Heaven" sounds like another synchronized outcome...

JimB

Replies:

Re: Belief, volition, synchrony, understanding, by Fred H., 06/13/04 Re: Belief, volition, synchrony, understanding, by James Brody, 06/16/04 Re: Fantasies, by Fred H., 06/17/04 Re: Boundaries, by Fred H., 06/17/04

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