Pyramids are used for many things…
There is the food pyramid, Maslow’s Hierarchy, and probably dozens more. But I want to focus on just two of them.
Science vs. ‘other’…
First, one has to understand what a Falsifiable Claim is- A falsifiable claim is one for which there is some observation (or set of observations) we could make that would show us that the claim is false. If we did make this observation, essentially we’d have to conclude either that the claim in question was false, or that our observation was a bad one.
An example is- All swans are white. If people had never seen a black swan, their observation, based on THEIR experience would be correct within those limited data sets. In the wider data set, that observation would be incorrect.
All one has to do is look at the climate data debate, or the latest refutation of data by the Lancet over WuFlu data to see that experiments must be objective, reproducible, and if statistical, have strong evidence to back them up. Statistical significance means 100 or more iterations of whatever is being tested.
Much of what is currently going on is sadly down in the bottom blocks and everyone can come up with plenty of examples of that…
Why is this important right now? Let’s look at the other pyramid…
This is the revolutionary pyramid. At the minimum, we are at the black YOU ARE HERE point. When you add in the world-wide pressures, the lack of direction in many states, the ‘questionable’ science (see above) that is being thrown around, the pushes to defund, to cancel schools (for the children, who are the LEAST susceptible), the ‘questionable’ science (see above) that is being thrown around, and whatever is going on in your particular area. Some think we’re even higher up the pyramid with the defund the police, the pushes by certain governors to keep people locked down, and the fear/hatred of the military/
In either case America is in trouble. The divisiveness has gotten to the point that is, in my opinion, nearing what existed just prior to the Civil War. The media and their acolytes, both in and out of government and science are using the bully pulpits of the media, farcebook, Twit, etc. to foment even more hate and discontent.
And the ‘fact checkers’ out there are so biased left as to be useless if one actually has any common sense. What is being done is that conservative voices are being drowned out, regardless of ethnicity, or location. To whit Hong Kong (while not directly our problem, it is endemic of the state of freedom under an oppressive regime).
On the other side of the coin, gun sales are at an all time high, with another ammunition shortage, as people scramble to get what they can while they can. People are tired of the rioting and are starting to take matters into their own hands, especially when they fear for their lives. When people get worried, they hunker down, wait, and watch.
What people are missing is that is beginning to happen more and more. People are dropping out of/off of any kind of media and reaching out via other means to stay in touch with like minded folks.
Between now and November, it’s going to be interesting to watch…
Ammo.com has a good article, Constitutional Republic vs. Pure Democracy: How the U.S. Election Process Has Changed, up HERE.
It’s worth the time to read it as it goes deep enough to give folks an idea of where we are, where some want to take the county, and how they want to do it…
Comments appreciated as always!
