Comments on: Obsolete phrase: “independence of mind” https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2017/08/22/obsolete-phrase-independence-of-mind/ NoMoreFakeNews.com Wed, 23 Aug 2017 15:43:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.10 By: truthaholics https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2017/08/22/obsolete-phrase-independence-of-mind/#comment-34239 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 15:43:14 +0000 https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/?p=18916#comment-34239 Reblogged this on | truthaholics

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By: Noel Gillett https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2017/08/22/obsolete-phrase-independence-of-mind/#comment-34238 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 06:26:52 +0000 https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/?p=18916#comment-34238 The standard method by which both linguists and their associated brethren and sisters of “cognitive science” attempt to objectively assess the rise and fall of any given idea involves the application of a simple counting method across time, wherein the word or phrase in question is tracked across the expanse of the periodical literature so as to formally quantify its rise and fall in usage over time.

In this regard we certainly could hope for a broader survey of various categories of the literature for the rise and fall of the specific piece of rhetorical arcana in question–“independence of mind”–and in that way one may hope to more rigorously and statistically chart the rise and fall of collective awareness surrounding a given idea.

Likewise and in my own opinion of equal interest and along the same theme one sees the complete demise as well of the related phrase that in a not too distant past represented the most golden of personal and civic compliments: that of the “principled individual”.

But then again this notion of individualism as anything other than a vulgar expression of consumerism in the context of abject materialism also constitutes a complete point of omission within our contemporary cognitive map.

The idea of this thing called an “idea”, or the mere suggestion of the absolute existence of that which can only be categorized as entirely intangible–such as set theory, platonic solids and numbers–have become anathema to the present day “mind”.

And while most everybody expresses a strong sense of confidence in their sensory capacity to correctly “perceive” the pressing contingencies within the spheres of their existence–of fast moving cars or the failures of their personal financial quest for “freedom” and so on–the very notion that one can “take into mind” a deeper truth such as an “organizing principle”, or a grand and robust system of theory that represents key aspects of actual reality etc. is anathema to the present day disposition of self that dominates among the “educated classes”.

While I’ve not personally performed the search, either via Lexus-Nexus or any other data base capable of generating a basic temporal graph, I’m quite certain that from the time of our own civil war to the present era the use of the word and verb “to apperceive”–as in “to take into mind” as pertains to the intangible domain–has long ago been completely supplanted and displaced by that of the verb “to perceive” which by its very definition only accepts as its “direct objects’ those things concrete and of the material world.

Our internal blindness thereby provided a possible easy index to track, the pathology promises to be our own undoing. As part of the Great Work by the Master Architect himself, it’s locus of causation and thus the argument that also seeks to cast blame should therefore direct the collective wrath toward the almighty “Iron Heel” of Jack London fame, or The Iron Fist” of G. Either way, the phrase “Gillette, the best a man can get” ought to be taken at face value. So very fishy as to be presumed Gill-Tee as charged, it was His mighty handy-work that has transformed the spectacle of American individualism into a farce.

If you think this thesis offends your intellectual sensibilities, then imagine how I feel. Personally. Best wishes toying with the Cow-Folk. Moooooooo…….N. Gillett 08/22/17

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By: justanthropology https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2017/08/22/obsolete-phrase-independence-of-mind/#comment-34237 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:41:20 +0000 https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/?p=18916#comment-34237 Jon, when are you going to write a novel. It would be a blockbuster.

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By: From Quebec https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2017/08/22/obsolete-phrase-independence-of-mind/#comment-34236 Tue, 22 Aug 2017 19:26:21 +0000 https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/?p=18916#comment-34236 Trump: ‘My primary consultant is myself’ | MSNBC

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By: Dana Doran https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2017/08/22/obsolete-phrase-independence-of-mind/#comment-34235 Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:54:02 +0000 https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/?p=18916#comment-34235 Just finished my degree at the age of 61. You are correct. Before entering the university the desire to “inquire” for most students has already been extinguished. To prove that, and I will not elaborate, children sign up for a course of study designed to create the Entreprenuer. ah hem.

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By: zusaarspiegel https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2017/08/22/obsolete-phrase-independence-of-mind/#comment-34234 Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:27:55 +0000 https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/?p=18916#comment-34234 How sad and miserable it must be to be a pre-programmed drone only thinking and doing what the hive expects.
Let’s all clap on command and make a hashtag to save the world after we have a group hug and vigorous kumbaya session at the candlelight vigil.
Did you denounce Russian haxxors and Nazis today comrade?
Feelings über alles.

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By: jmilamdeal https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2017/08/22/obsolete-phrase-independence-of-mind/#comment-34233 Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:00:32 +0000 https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/?p=18916#comment-34233 Reblogged this on jmilamdeal and commented:
Our independence is being intentionally taken away and is no longer taught in schools. Those teachers are schooling kids in being a part of the collective.

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By: Sunshine https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2017/08/22/obsolete-phrase-independence-of-mind/#comment-34232 Tue, 22 Aug 2017 13:57:11 +0000 https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/?p=18916#comment-34232 Thank you again Jon for getting at the heart of things. Independence of mind really is a virtue of the highest order, and something to protect and encourage now more than ever.

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By: Spiritof42 https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2017/08/22/obsolete-phrase-independence-of-mind/#comment-34231 Tue, 22 Aug 2017 13:05:02 +0000 https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/?p=18916#comment-34231 By the time I entered high school, I came to the conclusion that if I wanted to live my life the way I wanted to, I had to go on my own. They were lonely years that drove me to reading philosophy for new ideas. I couldn’t find one that made sense until I found Ayn Rand. In hindsight, I came to see that philosophy is crowded with authoritarian ideas. Many are so poorly thought out, they only confuse. Most likely that’s why academia canonized them.

Based on my early experience, I came to the conclusion that very few can endure the isolation of thinking on their own. The default way humans think is to adopt herd belief systems for the basic reason that they cannot stand isolation. It is perhaps the greatest of human fears.

It explains to my satisfaction why believers cannot be reasoned with no matter how strong the logic and evidence. The moment they start to question and doubt, those feelings of isolation creep in. It’s a void they cannot cross.

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By: Kathy https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2017/08/22/obsolete-phrase-independence-of-mind/#comment-34230 Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:52:59 +0000 https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/?p=18916#comment-34230 This essay resonates with my inner being. Thank you.

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