"What could be cruder than a human being, who is limited to a narrow area of knowledge and practice and has the naivety of a child in most other areas? This is one of the elements that accounts for our clinical state of unconsciousness."
- John Ralston Saul, The Unconscious Civilization (1995 Massey Lectures)
Trying to think of a clever analogy to swarm behavior, but my narrow and naive mind fails me...
2 comments:
pretty useless post.
Good to see actual scientists read the bayblab. Actually I should point out that I may have slightly narrowed the focus of Saul's comments - he wasn't criticizing scientist or any profession specifically, but all of Western civilization.
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