A world view "mirroring reality"

[palestine]

Andrew M. LOBACZEWSKI - "Political ponerology"

… we often meet with sensible people endowed with a well-developed natural world view as regards psychological, societal, and moral aspects, frequently refined via literary influences, religious deliberations, and philosophical reflections. Such persons have a pronounced tendency to overrate the values of their world view, behaving as though it were an objective basis for judging other people. They do not take into account the fact that such a system of apprehending human matters can also be erroneous, since it is insufficiently objective. Let us call such an attitude the “egotism of the natural world view”. To date, it has been the least pernicious type of egotism, being merely an overestimation of that method of comprehension containing the eternal values of human experience.

However, a conscientious psychologist must ask the following questions: Even if the natural world view has been refined, does it mirror reality with sufficient reliability? Or does it only mirror our species’ perception? To what extent can we depend upon it as a basis for decision making in the individual, societal and political spheres of life?

Lobaczewski hints at a potential "insufficiency of the [common] world view", in the above quote.

A closer look at the world view (or various world views), provides a big list if we were to discern all the wrong values, the wrong teachings, bias, etc.

I once gathered what I estimated to be "the big ones", and I suppose that this is a job that many of us do, when interested in improving one self.

I came to the understanding that all those "bad attitudes" were, for the most part, "symptoms".

Very recently, I came in touch with an author, thanks to the forum, Ian McGilchrist.

I am mentioning this here, because it appears that his theory may hint at the overall-top problem in all those world views - the "left-hemisphere orientation".

Lobaczewski would say that we come in contact with "psychopathology" - because we are in a society containing psychopaths (and psychopathology). this shapes the world view, if we aren't aware about that.

I suppose that it's a bit the same "waters", so to speak - the root cause. (And so, a potential road for improvement!)

A left-hemisphere orientation may be the first result of a contact with psychopathology - or even a basic "consequence". I don't know, but I am very happy than to spectate that people have been identifying a "big one".

Here is Ian McGilchrist providing rather technical details (relevant to the above?):

Moving further on ...

For what is happening is that three interlocking left hemisphere manifestations are at work. First, there is the failure to believe in truth in the humanities, and now even in science, unless it conforms to the preferred narrative. Then there is the expansion of administrations everywhere to ensure that all appearances confirm this narrative. And third, the advent of more sophisticated AI that both monitors our speech and actions, and produces simulacra of real human thought.

When operating out of a "left hemisphere mode of perception" - Ian McGilchrist identifies:

three interlocking left hemisphere manifestations ... at work

"A failing world view will be generative of left-hemisphere manifestations", and "those may be interlocked".

Reading the Ian McGilchrist quote in detail shows that it's because of some "narrative".

I found this very interesting, and wish to check a bit more in Lobaczewski's work if he speaks of the left & right hemispheres (and a narrative).
For those interested, Ian McGilchrist just created a Substack and his articles are very interesting: The Matter with Things

 

[axj]

Well, this whole forum is about increasing our objective perception of ourselves and the world in every possible area. That is the same as a worldview that is mirroring reality as much as possible.

Regarding the root causes of believing lies or illusions, the whole 3D STS system seems to be set up towards that goal - though not completely, since otherwise nobody would have a chance to "wake up" or start seeing reality more objectively.

The predominance of the "left hemisphere" seems to be one of the symptoms, not the cause.

 

[palestine]

The predominance of the "left hemisphere" seems to be one of the symptoms, not the cause.

Thanks. Yes, I can see it as a symptom, technically, as well. But I find it pretty high in the "chain" if we were to study the underlying mechanisms.

I see a left hemisphere mode as quite potent and it barely becomes a root cause in itself. As I stated, some "big one". Reading Ian McGilchrist's inputs about the hemispheres, I would say that some work can start from there. Pretty interesting, even if it's a symptom indeed. There seems to be room for improvement, even if only a symptom. Like a threshold.

 

[palestine]

Well, this whole forum is about increasing our objective perception of ourselves and the world in every possible area. That is the same as a worldview that is mirroring reality as much as possible.

Regarding the root causes of believing lies or illusions, the whole 3D STS system seems to be set up towards that goal - though not completely, since otherwise nobody would have a chance to "wake up" or start seeing reality more objectively.

The predominance of the "left hemisphere" seems to be one of the symptoms, not the cause.

About the root cause, I was thinking at basic STS - "Service To Self" - so greed and domination for self serving purposes. But I found that one:

So since C's have said that this planet was taken over by STS (and that seems pretty obvious based on observation)

Seems that the greed became operating since that takeover