PDC+++ Module 1 Class 6

Class 1.6 of the PDC+++

What are 'Models'&

why are they so important for permaculture designers?

In this class we study the basic nature of the Scientific Method & it's problems, taking as an example of our

difficulties in changing paradigms a rEvolutionary model of the human mind.

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The 3 strands of KnowledgeWhat is the Scientific ModelParadigm ChangesPopper's Principle & Okham's RazorA Model of the Human MindPractice

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Classical definition of Knowledge

see the video of Ken Wilber

Truths BeliefsKnowldege

Premises = all affirmations, positive or negative

KNOWLEDGE

How do we access Knowledge?

Prescription

Experience

Refutation

Paradigm

Empiricism

Falseability

the 3 strands

c

“Ample” Science

Narrow or

Reductionist

ScienceScience

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It is a systematic method of investigationfor the knowing of observable reality, that consists of formulating questions

about this reality, in order to obtain solutions to the

problems under consideration

What is the Scientific Model

4 Steps of the Scientific Method

• Experimentation (include control experiments)

• Hypothesis (a model) >> Theory

• Observation

• Prediction

the Design Cycle in Permaculture

Think / Reflect

Action

Observe

Design

Hypothesis

PredictionExperiment

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The 3 strands of KnowledgeWhat is the Scientific Model

Paradigm ChangesPopper's Principle & Okham's RazorA Model of the Human MindPractice

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Examples of Models

• that change how we see things

Models act as “frames”, or mental

structuresthat explain &

FILTEReverything we see

Earth as centre of the Universe

Copernicus

Kepler

how did society react?

Corollaries

Theory

eg.if the Sun is the centre

of our UniverseIF this is

true...

the Earth is not at the

centrethe Church has made

a big mistake

the Church is

not infallible

questions HUMAN

IDENTITY

throwsall other beliefs

into question

questions DIVINE

IDENTITYthe POWER of a

change of Paradigm

it can change the basis of our whole society

mental models change (SHOULD change?!)

all the time

Question them ALL

our mind is full of models

including the scientific model

the characteristic of a GOOD model

is NOT that you "like" it(it could throw all your best loved beliefs upside-down!)

NOR that you like its consequences or corollaries ...

it ONLY has to "WORK" (what it predicts is, in fact, what is observed)

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Karl Popper's

refutation principle

(principle of refutation)

- scientific knowledge advanced most reliably by the development and refutation of hypotheses

- much more reliably than by the accretion of evidence in support of theories

you cannot prove that all swans are white

by counting white swans,

but you can prove that not all swans are white

by counting one black swan

Popper's approach is now accepted,

in principle,

by many scientists.

And yet much research is still based upon induction

- upon the collection of facts to support our ideas.

Erecting hypotheses that can be falsified,

and designing experiments capable of doing so,

is the hallmark of the true scientist.

In fact, it distinguishes the scientist

from the non-scientist.

The characteristic of a GOOD MODEL, hypothesis or theory ...

is NOT that you "like" it(it could throw all your best loved beliefs upside-

down!)

it ONLY has to "WORK" (what it predicts is, in fact, what is observed)

NOR that you like its consequences or corollaries ...

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“Cuchillas”

• Ockham's Razor - simplicity, eg. extraterrestrials

Hanlon's Razor - on conspiracy theories

“never attribute to malice what can be quite adequately explained by stupidity”

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formulate questions

How does the mind or personality of people WORK?

M1 - PEOPLE CARE

HOW do groups of people work?& Society?

your model of the human mind?

• (a ‘MAP’, HOW it WORKS & WHY, usable to orient one-self, to design, make PREDICTIONS, etc.)

• the model / models that you've seen / heard about / perceived?

• in our society?

you have onebut .. are you conscious of what it is?

IN PAIRS - 3x3

a theory

other practical excerciseTEST for yourself if this theory works or

not

about how the human mind works ... & doesn't

TORSTEN WIESEL,NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE; NEUROLOGIST & PSYCHIATRIST"The brain, the black box of human beings"27/04/2006

- the black box?- The brain! All answers had to be there, yet we knew nothing about it.

I decided to open the black box of human beings or at least try.

TORSTEN WIESEL,NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE; NEUROLOGIST & PSYCHIATRIST"The brain, the black box of human beings"27/04/2006

The brain is still the garden of Eden to the researchers.

It's all yet to be discovered, we still do not know how we learn, or how we forget or how we remember.We

don't know about the mechanisms that trigger mental illness.And we know nothing about the mental

mechanisms of hatred and love.

so ... this theory is "blasphemy"(according to the present system)

& it's a good example of Learning from Nature& these principles:

Work with Nature not againstFollow Natural Patterns

Problem = SolutionMini-Max

...

DEFINITIONRef.

www.RC.org

listen to the Audio!

NOTE this is a graphical representation of an IDEA ... this is not your head!

What happens when it

doesn't work well?

Observation• Your personal experience ...

• Your own thoughts and emotions• Of the children know

• Of the adults around you: colleagues, family, etc.




• Observation

• Prediction

There is a natural and spontaneous process of healing that undoes this "knot " (pattern)

• It is called "discharge" ('dumping') (laughing, crying, yawning, growling, shaking, sweating ... are its external manifestations)

we notice they tend to work better in young people

or work 'worse' ... according to

current standards?

laughing - accompanies the discharge of ... embarrassment or

tensioncrying - accompanies the

discharge ... of griefyawning - ... physical tensiontantrums, shouting - ... rage

trembling - ... fearsweating - cold (fear) .. hot ..

(shame) animated talking - ... tension

if discharge is

... NOT permitted

The pattern crystallizes and starts acting like a recording..This recording contains all the

information that entered during the traumatic event: sight, smell, thoughts, emotions,

including the inability to think.>> Causes a blockage (FIRST HARMFUL EFFECT),

but also

>> pushes us to re-play the original traumatic event whenever we encounter

anything that contains one or more elements of the original event (RE-STIMULATION)

the effect can become CUMULATIVE ...

Because this affects our ability to think(in the particular areas of the contents of the traumatic event)

Observation• Your personal experience ...

• Your own thoughts and emotions• Of the children know

• Of the adults around you: colleagues, family, etc.




• Observation

• Prediction

Most of these patterns are the effects of

various OPPRESSION present in our

society: adultism, sexism, racism,

classism, war,

etc. ..

Until ... a person of "normal" intelligence in our society ...... is actually using only

10% of their thinking capacity(when they are thinking!)Most times we cannot think ...

because the rest of our mind is very vulnerable to illogical and random re-

stimulations... very often full of intense feelings

¿Observaciones?• Tu experiencia personal...

• De tu propio pensamiento y emociones• De los niños que conoces

• De los adultos que te rodean: colegas, familia, etc.

Prevention PrinciplePrevention Principleyou can get busy

at this level

or go directly to this one

¿Mini-Max?

?corollaries of this theory

Corollaries

Teoría

IF this is true ...

we are ALL essentially geniouses

Medicine has made

a big mistake

Medicine is not

infallible

questions HUMAN

IDENTITY

all its industries

under question

... I have made all

that effort ...

pharmacy

therapy education

eg. Human Irrationalityis due to patterns -

that can be discharged

including 'alternativ

e medicine'!

the POWER of a change of Paradigm

it can change the basis of our whole society

Question ALL of them

our mind is full of models

which models = distress patterns?

"If the world is saved, it will be saved by people with changed

minds, people with a new vision.

.

It will not be saved by people with old minds and new

programs. It will be saved by new minds -

with no programs." .

(The story of B, Daniel Quinn)

the process is totally reversible

says the theory, according to this model

experimentation confirms this

the CRITERIA that seem to make this discharge process

work better ...

E=mcE - Escucharm - manosc - cariño

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The Practice

Listening closenessaffection

- Do you have any mental hygiene tips?

- Quite often the big difference in our lives are marked by the way that we treat ourselves.

- In what way do you mean?

- I believe very often we are too severe in how we judge ourselves. When you make a mistake admit it immediately, but also give yourself another chance.

In this sense, without judging its spiritual transcendence, the catholic confession is a brilliant invention, a great instrument for mental hygiene.

TORSTEN WIESEL, NOBEL PRIZE IN MEDICINE; NEUROLOGIST & PSYCHIATRIST"The brain, the black box of human beings"27/04/2006

IF the process is encouraged

in a systemic way

There is evidence that we can achieve CONSIDERABLE results (thinking

capacity, being in the present, flexibility ... closer to our innate GENIUS-sized

CAPACITY)

THE HUMAN SIDE OF HUMAN BEINGS

see e-Bookwww.PermaCultureScience.org>> M1.6 The Scientific Method

www.RC.org

http://www.PermaCultureScience/



the continuum concept

by Jean Liedloff

a theory of how adultism is instilled in the very young mind

(the base of all patterns according to the RC theory)

see e-Bookwww.PermaCultureScience.org

>> M1.1 Learning >> Native Peoples

Class 1.6 of the PDC+++

What are 'Models'&

why are they so important for permaculture

designers?In this class we study the basic nature of the Scientific Method & it's problems, taking as an example of our

difficulties in changing paradigms a rEvolutionary model of the human mind.

MENTAL MODELS

The 3 strands of KnowledgeWhat is the Scientific ModelParadigm ChangesPopper's Principle & Okham's RazorA Model of the Human Mind

Practice

1.6PDC+++

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