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%PROBLEM OF MYSTERY UNDERSTAND KNOW CONTROL+790704
%SCIENCE ANALYZE MEANING 790704
Technocrats perceive mysteries as problems which
arise through ignorance. Mystery may be eliminated
through the gathering of information and its proper
analysis. The technocrat does not acknowledge the
existence of any essential mysteries, mysteries which are
not not eliminated through deepened familiarity, intimacy,
sexuality, and spiritual awareness. Via repression the
technocrat ignores essential mysteries and considers only
those "mysteries" that originate in ignorance. Through
selective consideration the technocrat considers only
mysteries which are rooted in ignorance. By careful
selection the technocrat succeeds in solving the problem
of gaining the knowledge and analytic insight through
which each selected "mystery" is solved. The murder
mystery novels symbolize this process. They do not deal
with the mystery of life or the mystery of death; but only
with the temporary ignorance of the physical events which
formed the context for a particular death.
The technocrat seeks to improve life by eliminating
mysteries; e.g., solving the mystery of the cause of
diseases. The mysteries of the laws of the universe are
dealt with in order to discover/create laws of nature
which point to patterns which were not previously
perceived. Such patterns help us regard mysterious
processes as understandable, and help us gain control of
certain aspects of the processes as understandable, and so
help us to gain control of certain aspects of the
processes which form our contexts. The technocrat has
faith that through greater understanding and control we
can improve the quality of our lives.
The quality and meaning of life depends upon the
mysteries which form the context for life and dialogue.
When all mysteries have been eliminated and/or repressed,
life has no meaning and so little quality that people are
indifferent to life. Murders are counted, not mourned.
Lives are measured in years. The quality of life is
measured in dollars per year or resources per year
consumed. National security is measured in how many times
you could kill all your enemies---if given the chance. It
is a mystery why people can't see that their behavior in
these regards is very mysterious; but they can't see that
as a problem or as a dilemma.
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