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The scientists are in a quandary because of what
others think and feel. They know what they think of
themselves. They can't be sure of what others think and
feel of them, because there is little dialogue. There is
a great mix-up in their definitions of themselves, their
definitions of what others are, and the definitions which
others make of what scientists are. The analysis of the
situation is quite difficult, because of the manner in
which thorough analysis has ways of turning in on itself
and invalidating itself. The very unexamined assumptions
which participants make regarding the way to get started
may make getting started impossible. Such problems are not
the typical problems which natural scientists or others
solve in their daily lives. Thus scientists should not
expect their traditional techniques to point the way out
of the quandary.
It may be helpful for all to give greater attention
to each other. Through lack of attention, difficulties in
personal relationships may develop. There are numerous
analyses of the dynamics of social inter-course which
suggest ways in which thoughtless people may become more
thoughtful about their relationships, and so make them
more real. Some such analyses are suggested in the
acknowledgements.
At a deeper level, participants in the quandary of
science and society may be so boxed in by their
collusions, sets of unexamined assumptions and ways of
asking new questions that there is no way they can,
through their own effort, get out of the box which they
have constructed about themselves. Efforts to get out of
the box may only make the box smaller and stronger. Some
may not realize how alienated they are, and so not want to
get out of the box, and be frightened by others' attempts
to get out. Others may have become deeply aware of their
alienation but thereby find it more difficult to get out.
Such are some of the characteristics of the situation
in which persons find themselves as society comes to
regard them as insane. Because of the similarity between:
(1) The relationships between society and insane persons
on the one hand, and (2) The relationship between non-
scientists and scientists on the other hand --- it may be
helpful to consider the in-sights of a perceptive
existential psychiatrist prophet such as R,D, Laing.
(c) 1999 by Paul A. Smith in
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