The Eupsychian Party bases its future on the efficacy of the Scientific Method in improving society and upholds the basic theoretical structures of Abraham Maslow, Mary Parker Follett, Bob Dobbs and others. It also provides a third leg for the stool so it doesn't fall over. Arise, men of Science!Without the empirical eyeglasses of a scientist no human community can engineer its way into a better future. Without data, there is no way to take note of the developing biological forces, the stoichiometry of species improvement, etc. We are stuck in fuzzy mode.
We need to do experiments. We need to find out what works and what doesn't. We simply want to do what the Marx brothers did for Animal Crackers: keep stuff that gets laughs and throw out the bad (formative evaluation). This is the way to make a movie of the history of the future. What could be simpler? If the Evangelicals got Bush in the White House, then this experiment should be discarded, based on the historical outcome. These forces bias the system towards lopsided vision. See Bill Maher on this.
The first assignment is to construct a model for Maslow's so-called "hierarchical integration equation for the Interocitor". What was he talking about? What does "Stand on the mean, hold your arms akimbo and look up" have to do with anything? What if my eyes are pulled out looking at the Face of the Apex? My parents told me never to play God. And what was that business about cosmic rays being the dice everybody's looking for in concept formation?
If we discover ways to decrease sociopathy and increase altruism, we will develop a better society. [Who would have thought that this would be caused by irradiation with old cordless telephones tuned to 864.phi MHz. And what about that crazy idiot who bought them all up, gave them only to good people and became the first trillionaire?]
But wait. Who defines "better society?" What are their credentials? (Thanks, Ivor.) Who has it right? It all depends on the future, doesn't it? The Ladder on Moon Europa knows that. That's why we're here! Arise, men of Science! You have the keys.
Consider this from Faulkner and check your understanding again.
TBC RSN. Promise.
Maslow's Eupsychian Management provides the working papers.
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