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This-essay is a8105221.htm which is available at the web-site www.essayz.com. See more notes at the bottom. Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay By-Months By-Years By-Words Webs of Like-&-Un-Like ESSAYS <==> Like-&-UN-Like This-One ========================================================== %UNDERSTANDING PREDICTION CONTROL 810522 Those who value cognitive, intellectual, rational, and logical understanding---tend to perceive prediction and control as the proof of that which they value. They value objective proof of the reality of that which they value, and so prediction and control become important means to validate the reality of that which is important to them. In the absence of prediction and control there is doubt and ambiguity about understanding; and by a strange loop and twist of logic it seems to them that in the presence of prediction and control there is no doubt about the reality of understanding. Because of their intense desire and passion for understanding, they tend to suspend logic and believe that prediction and control are the necessary and sufficient conditions for the validation of understanding---proving the presence and value of understanding. They fail to see that among understanding, prediction, and control---none by itself or in combination with another, is the necessary and sufficient condition for another. People tend to fear what they do not understand. Their fear motivates them to develop some way to understand (or feel that they understand) that which threatens them. Fearful people thus seek techniques for understanding, predicting, and controlling that which they do not understand. People do not understand that which is not familiar, and so they seek to develop techniques for predicting and controlling unfamiliar processes. If the predicting and controlling can be based upon understanding, that is nice. If they find it impossible to first develop understanding, it is sufficient to find techniques of predicting and controlling that which is unfamiliar---for it soothes the fear by giving the impression that there is understanding.; In a tragic way, such predicting and controlling often tend to inhibit the development of familiarity which might be the foundation for real understanding. The more power that the fearful people have, the more so this is. These considerations are particularly relevant to the behavior of powerful, but emotionally immature and affectionately inexperienced: technocrats, scientists, moralists, legalists, etc. There are tragic consequences as regards our understanding of intimacy, sexuality, personal relationships, population growth, and resource depletion. (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in www.essayz.com Search for Integrity and Honesty (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================
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