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Superstition to Science
A notable pattern worth mentioning is how the evolution of mankind's
understanding of itself and its habitat also continues to expand away from older
ideas and perspectives which are no longer supported due to the constant
introduction of new, schema altering information. A worthy keyword to denote
here is superstition, which, in many circumstances, can be viewed as a category of
belief that once appeared to be adequately supported by experience/perception
but can no longer be held as viable due to new, conflicting data. For example, while
traditional religious thought might seem increasingly implausible to more people
today than ever in the West, due to the rapid growth in information and general
literacy, the roots of religious thought can be traced to periods where humans
could justify the validity and accuracy of such beliefs given the limited
understanding they had of their environment in those early times. This pattern is
apparent in all areas of understanding, including modern "academia". Even so-
called "scientific" conclusions which, again, with the advent of new information
and updated tests, often cannot be held as valid anymore, are still commonly
defended due to their mere inclusion in the current cultural tradition. Such
"Established Institutions", as they could be called, often wish to maintain
permanence due to reasons of ego, power, market income or general psychological
comfort. This problem is, in many ways, at the core of our social paralysis. So, it is
important to recognise this pattern of transition and realise how critical being
vulnerable really is when it comes to belief systems, not to mention coming to
terms with the very dangerous phenomenon of "Established Institutions" which
are culturally programmed to seek self-preservation rather than evolve and
change.
Tradition to Emergence
The perceptual clash between our cultural traditions and our ever growing
database of emergent knowledge is at the core of what defines the "zeitgeist" as
we know it and a long-term review of history shows a slow grind out of
superstitious cultural traditions and assumptions of reality as they heed to our
newly realised benchmark of emergent, scientific causality. This is what The
Zeitgeist Movement represents in its broadest philosophical context: A movement
of the cultural zeitgeist itself into new, verifiable and more optimised
understandings and applications. Hence, while we certainly have witnessed vast
and accelerating changes in different areas of human awareness and practice, such
as with our vast material technology, it appears our Social System is still long
behind. Political Persuasion, Market Economics, Labour for Income, Perpetual
Inequality, Nation States, Legal Assumptions and many other staples of our
current social order continue to be largely accepted as normality by the current
culture, with little more than their persistence through time as evidence of their
value and empirical permanence. It is in this context that TZM finds its most broad
imperative: Changing the Social System.

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