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%FREEDOM TO QUESTION 780708
Verification of a hypothesis is usually the least
difficult step in the development of new knowledge and
insights. Many people place a great deal of emphasis upon
statistical analysis of data---as if therein lies the key
to new insights and knowledge. Students are trained
extensively in statistical analysis so that they can
perform experiments in a scientific way---as if
statistical analysis were the essence of the scientific
way. The latter assumption is often occasioned by the
assumption that quantitative measurement and computations
were the essence of the scientific way. The valuing of
measurement and computations outside the range of their
propriety does a great deal of harm. The verification of
a hypothesis is often the least difficult step, and a
rather straight-forward one, in the formulation of new
insights and knowledge.
More difficult than verification is the process of
the formulation of a creative hypothesis. Often our
collusions, illusions, delusions, and confusions stand in
the way of formulating a creative hypothesis. Usually it
is our traditional values which we are affirming outside
the range of their propriety---which block our awareness
of appropriate hypotheses. The blockage deprives us of
the freedom to question traditional ways of perceiving
reality, and so blocks our realization of the nature of
reality. What is most difficult is to accept the freedom
to see our situations in new ways, rather than to confirm
that our perceptions are coherent. The creative persons
among us are constantly getting covert signals that their
new visions are illusions or delusions, because by
collusion we seek to maintain our traditional
perceptions---while pretending to be seeking new
perceptions.
We are rarely free to question our basic assumptions
if we are trapped in an emotionally insecure sub-culture.
Emotionally insecure people seek to avoid emotionally
threatening situations. They form collusions to protect
themselves. They abridge people's freedom to question
their traditional ideals and values. For this reason,
exclusively objectively/analytically oriented people find
it difficult to formulate new questions and new hypotheses
which transcend the limitations of their sophisticated
measurements and statistical analyses.
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