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 %SCIENTIST PERSONAL COMMUNAL INTEGRITY INCARNATION 900316

     Science  is what scientists do.   Science is  not  an
objective   reality which may be studied   scientifically,
because  those who would study science scientifically must
be  scientists;  and to be comprehensive their study  must
include  the study of themselves in reflexive ways,  which
of  essence  cannot  be  objective  in  keeping  with  the
scientific   paradigm.   Being  reflexive  is  not   being
objective.

     The integrity of science is one with the character of
the  scientists who are the incarnation of the  scientific
paradigm.    It  is absurd to claim that  the  essence  of
science  can be separate from the essence of those who are
most highly respected as the most successful scientists.

     The  most highly respected scientists  lack  personal
and  communal integrity because after decades of crises in
science   education   they   have  yet   to   develop   an
understanding  of the nature and roots of the crises which
continue  to  undermine the integrity of  science  in  the
schools which incarnate the next generation of scientists.

     Science  is  not separable  from its incarnations  or
from  the  process of incarnating the next  generation  of
scientists.    The  integrity of science depends upon  the
integrity   of  the  processes  of  incarnating  the  next
generation  of scientists,  and upon the integrity of  the
communities which support that process of incarnation.

     Scientists  who lack personal and communal  integrity
do   not  merit  uncritical  respect  and  support,    for
uncritical  respect  and support only encourages  them  to
continue  the  addictive patterns of thought and  behavior
which have lead to their disintegration.   The communities
which  uncritically  respect  and   support disintegrative
scientific   and  technological  activities  are   playing
codependent roles in support of people who are addicted to
research  without  regard to  the  consequences  of  their
addiction.    They are like  wives,   husbands,   parents,
children,   relatives  and   friends  who uncritically and
dishonestly support alcoholics and other persons  addicted
to   fixes   of  choice,   without  honestly   about   the
consequences of their addictions.

     We  cannot  recover  from  addictions  without  being
honest   with   ourselves   and   others   regarding   the
consequences  of  our  dishonest respect  and  support  of
disintegrative activities.   We cannot learn from mistakes
which we falsely claim we have not made.   We cannot avoid
repeating  mistakes  which we falsely claim  we  have  not
made.

     The  scientific paradigm is faulty in that anyone who
seeks to perfectly  embody  it,  inhibits honest reflexive
examinations  of the imperfections in its  most successful
incarnations.     We  need  a  far  more  personally   and
communally integrative paradigm if we as a species are  to
survive on our tiny planet.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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