The pandemic has changed what we think about science and revealed a deep, deep fracture in the public of democratic, open societies. Skeptics, agnostics, believers: Public Scientific вЂatheismвЂ™ after Covid I trust, reader, you can see that this column is going to be conjectural, not persuasive. John Blofeld, I Ching, the Book of Change, Forward, 1963ДЄnd with all these thoughts and notions drifting in my mind, add the fact that in the past fortnight I have seen films whose subject matter is вЂњthe multiverse.вЂќ Indeed, there is much reason to believe this Law to be eternal, to assume that universes take form and dissolve, aeon upon aeon, without deflecting its course any more than the birth and death of mayflies.вЂќ вЂњCan any reasonable human suppose this universe to be mere chaos? The correspondences between the behaviour of all things great and small вЂ“ from the celestial bodies rolling in the heavens to the minute constituent parts of atoms вЂ“ seem rather to point to a universal pattern of movement, governed by an Immutable Law of Change. See the Footnote to view the entire quote from GH.ДЇinally, on the subject of вЂrandom things heard or readвЂ™ that make an impact, this: I simply cannot begin that conversation with someone impervious to changing his mind about fundamentals, and with whom I feel no motive to engage in important topics about how I live life and think my thoughts and feel my feelings. GH, the вЂњfriendвЂќ, declares Eisenstein is not worth my time or citations because he does not understand what science is and why it is Truth.

See the appendix for a link to a discussion of myth and truth.ДЄfter this encounter with my grandson, a вЂFacebook friendвЂ™ вЂ“ not to be confused with a heart-connected person with whom I feel friendship вЂ“ challenged me as вЂњsomeone who claims to be an historianвЂќ because I so often cite Charles Eisenstein and his critique of science as we practice it in the West. It is not a truth вЂњprovenвЂќ by the rules of evidence recognized by science or mathematics. You will forget all this!вЂќ The angelвЂ™s finger leaves an imprint on the face of every human being, no matter your race or ethnicity, which is why we all have that feature under our nose between the nostrils, on the upper lip. I have told him the mythic tale of the angel who puts a finger to oneвЂ™s lips just before we cross over the veil into a body, saying, вЂњShhh. Case in point, my grandson to me this week: вЂњWhat do you think the Other Side is like?вЂќ By which I knew he referred to the other side of вЂThe VeilвЂ™, where a soul resides before incarnating into a physical human body. Once in a while, someone you know says something that really hits deeply or significantly. Things said and read, inspiring this column Pre-modern science: f orms of knowledge in all previous cultures, including the West, by which humans have tried to understand their reality.

For myself, astrology, ayurveda, acupuncture, are pre-modern disciplines. Pseudo-science : knowledge rejected as valid by a вЂconsensus in the global community of scientists.вЂ™ A preferred source of knowledge for those rejecting authorized medicine.

Expressed in slogans: вЂњFreedom!вЂќ No plan-demic!вЂќ вЂњHoax!вЂќ

Extreme disbelief in AuthoritiesвЂ™ factual reality. We tend to think this knowledge is valuable.ДЄnti-science : an attitude, much seen during the Covid pandemic. Science : what we commonly think of, when we hear the word. Science, anti-science, pseudo-science, non-science, pre-modern science: вЂњThereвЂ™s more under heaven and earth than is dreamt ofвЂќ by homo sapiens

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