On Sat, 10 Jul 1999 15:58:53 +1000, Ben Balzer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Paleo is the answer because of Occam's Razor*-
> [...]
>*- "The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be
>correct."

This is an interesting observation.

The ruling assumption in modern society is the opposite, ie that only simpletons
believe anything is simple.

Thus, the idea that most of the physical (and some of the mental) ailments of
modern man are due to his modern artificial lifestyle, is considered too simple
to possibly be true.   "Surely anything so simple would have been investigated
by now."

In fact, the same ruling assumption is applied to most other areas of society
and knowledge.   I think that this might arise partially due to the fact that
the media - especially journalism - only depicts problems, never solutions.   A
20-car pile-up on the freeway is always reported, but installation of new signs
and lights on that freeway is rarely if ever shown.

Thus, the perhaps unintended subconscious conditioning is that there are many
problems, and they are rarely solved, and no one knows how.


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Cheers,

Ken                         <*>
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