“CURT, BUT ISN’T SCIENCE A PROCESS OF MYTH DEVELOPMENT?” —“What is the process

“CURT, BUT ISN’T SCIENCE A PROCESS OF MYTH DEVELOPMENT?”

—“What is the process of science if not building upon mythological language?”— Josh Jeppson

Ah… great question.

NARRATIVE CYCLE

— begin —

Free Association

Hypothesis, Theory, Testimony

History

Analogy (literature)

Idealism (rational + ideal – real)

Mythology (supernormal/hyperbolic – temporal )

Supernaturalism (rational + ideal + supernormal )

Occult ( Supernatural + post-rational )

Dreams (pure experiential)

— return to to begin –>

EPISTEMOLOGICAL CYCLE

— begin –>

Observation

Free Association — on false, begin –>

Hypothesis — on false, begin –>

Theory — on false, begin –>

Law (visible) — on false, begin –>

Habit (becoming invisible) — on false, begin –>

Metaphysical Assumption(invisible) — on false, begin –>

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CATEGORIES OF NARRATIVES

Science vs literature:

Sure, we can describe science as an effort to create narratives and plots so that we humans can use scientific narratives like historical, or fictional, or mythical, or supernatural narratives to identify opportunities to apply transformations.

The difference is that we had to learn (very slowly it seems) that the universe’s monomyth is very different from ours (cycles of entropy). And that it was extremely difficult for us to learn do de-anthropomorphize the universe’s narrative

So the purpose of narratives is to assist us in producing searches for opportunities. The purpose of recipes is to provide us means of transformation.

So all sorts of narratives must contain certain useful functions (or attempts at inserting dysfunctions – as does postmodern literature).

And while scientific narratives assist us in transforming the world, political narratives assist us in transforming the polity, interpersonal narratives assist us in transforming others, and personal narratives assist us in transforming ourselves.

Narrative=search, Recipe=transformation(action)

Curt Doolittle

The Propertarian Institute

Kiev, Ukraine