An earlier blog article has dealt with the qualifications of
a human being. To review, man’s hallmark ability is his ability to work
together in groups. When a group is operating in mob mentality mode it has zero
chance of making progress in the pro-life direction, and so allows zero chance
of achieving the hallmark of man. Therefore, for a being to be qualified as a
member of the human race he or she must be able to monitor themselves so as to
stay out of agreement with group think or mob mentality. Some of this comes
from an innate desire to think for self, some of it may come from an education
in what the mind is and what mob mentality is.
When there are so many bodies available that many of them
must be “manned” with sub-human beings that are not able to think for
themselves well enough to stay out of a mob mentality or group think, then the
population is becoming or has become too large. There are two remedies that can
be applied, and a general type of activity to stay away from—never use a
solution that can be perverted into an abuse.
The first remedy is obvious—reduce the population, or at
least reduce the rate of growth of the population, but do so in a way that does
not violate basic human rights. This may not be an easy thing to do, so it is
best done in combination with the second remedy— educate so as to improve the
ability of the individual to think for himself.
Educate in practical philosophical principles. Encourage the individual
to develop their own sets of coherent data in whatever subject they are
interested or active in, as well as to study existing bodies of coherent data
that are of practical use.
In order for man to succeed in civilizing himself there must
be a high ratio of analytical thought to non-analytical thought.
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