User:Freighttrain/Perspectives on Human Existence, Global Issues, Government and Education

( Updated as of 10/01/2021 )

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This is a blog post regarding my perspectives and speculation on the purpose of human existence or why you, I and everyone else exist as individuals (also melodramatically known as 'the meaning of life'), as well as contemporary global issues and proper government and education systems, with a focus on how simple, straightforward and attainable the truth and idealised state of relative perfection is in all these matters. This blog post is a work in progress and I may add more sections and subsections later.

Regarding the topics of religion/philosophy, global issues, government/politics and education; which comprise most of this post; you might be able to tell from what I have written, that these are not areas I am particularly knowledgeable about or interested in, but I do not believe that those factors are necessarily important for someone with a good amount of common sense, to see and understand that much to do with a lot in those topics are fundamentally flawed, though it doesn't hurt that I'm also naturally quite good at pointing out faultlines and misconceptions.



= Perspectives =

The meaning of life
The purpose of existing is simply so that you, I and every other individual can engage in experiential development (engaging in desirable new experiences, developing ones preferences and broadening ones perspectives) and the development of individuality, while remaining as unfettered as possible by anything that would hinder this e.g. not procreating with another to make children, as doing so will take up so much of an individual's time, effort and money, which could instead be spent on living ones own life, rather than becoming part of another's life support system.

I see all this philosophic/theological sophistry in many works throughout history as well as contemporary examples, and I just can't believe the kind of long-winded, abstract, ambiguous and subtly biased nonsense that they espouse, clearly the point of existence is simply for experiential development and the development of individuality, what other or higher purpose could there be to life? Perhaps to get married young and parent children, and live some 'family man' kind of life? You would only be functioning as a bland, outdated and a; in this day and age; societal and environmentally damaging (because of global overpopulation) template, and one that too many other people are filling, you are literally wasting your opportunity at living your life as an individual by doing so.

Death and religion
Regarding death, logically it is of no concern to a living being what happens to them after the death of their physical body, because there is currently no scientific proof one way or the other of what then happens to a person's consciousness, so why worry about it and let it influence and restrict what you do while your body is alive.

Obviously religions and other forms of institutionalised spirituality attempt to turn this potential insecurity and fear into a racket, by offering to exchange a person's irrational and purposeless fears for a form of moral and ideological slavery while their bodies are alive, as a type of 'afterlife' insurance and moral superannuation fund package deal, except without any proof that it is guaranteed...

The alleged dynamics of this kind of system are fundamentally flawed in so many ways, one example from Christianity is that do you really believe that some allegedly omniscient and omnipotent 'God', would only allow those incredibly boring religiously adherent people into his personal paradise known as Heaven? Hell no! Such a being would clearly want much more interesting people who have lived very experientially fulfilling lives, naturally this would include people who have freely indulged in all forms of hedonism, controversial visionaries and intellectuals of all kinds and creatively talented people.

All those boring religiously adherent folk can go to hell and burn for the sin of wasting their precious God-given lives, by living a dull, servile and sterile existence, in the ridiculous hope that this incredible 'God' will find their bland conformity appealing.

Anyone who would argue against this, is basically arguing that their 'God' is not a logical, loving or even an omnipotent God, and why is this Judeo-Islamo-Christian God always referred to as a male, when gender is a purely physical variable, is 'God' a physical being too? Why would he be if his nebulous realm of Heaven is one inhabited by nonphysical beings, literally a realm of ghosts.

Intelligent life on other planets
This is a relatively straightforward topic for me, regarding their physical appearance, I do not believe that real ETs would in all likelihood be anything like the stereotypical diminutive foetus-like 'grays', that are described in the accounts of many alleged eyewitnesses or contactees. Using the development of Earth humanity as an example, humans; despite all of their problems; are gradually becoming taller, healthier, and more attractive, so regarding the physical appearance of a hypothetical ET species, so it makes sense to assume ETs would be following a similar trend, meaning that one could logically expect tall beings of well-proportioned stature with handsome features.

Now regarding their intent, if these hypothetical ETs had FTL technology and could visit Earth, they would likely be a benevolent and highly creative and aesthetic culture, look to the many great ancient cultures of Earth to see what I am talking about, it is highly unlikely that they would be malevolent ETs bent on conquering/enslaving or resource plundering, first of all if they have technology advanced enough to reach Earth with FTL travel, then it should be well within their ability to have also developed very energy-efficient technology and renewable energy sources, this is really just common sense, and I see no reason why a technologically advanced ET race would be bent on conquering civilisations on other planets, when a future friendship and cultural exchange would be much more interesting and mutually beneficial once that civilisation has got its own FTL legs, much like the 'Prime Directive' from the Star Trek franchise.

Global overpopulation
The only real problem in the world today is global overpopulation, all other problems seen as major global issues are either caused directly or indirectly by global overpopulation, or are simply invented.

Global overpopulation is directly responsible for deforestation and other destructive forms of land clearing, overuse and exhaustion of natural resources, all forms of pollution, famine, mass immigration and the resultant cultural/ethic disintegration, as well as a lower standard of living and just lower standards in general.

Why in this day and age, a person would want to procreate (really more like mindless breeding in this sense) at something like the age of twenty five or thirty and without being a multimillionaire, is just beyond any form of rational school of thought that I am aware of, not only are they screwing themselves over by having to then live their lives for someone other than themselves (basically forming part of a life-support system for that person or persons), by spending so much time, effort and money to support them, rather than living their own lives with those resources, but they are also helping to perpetuate global overpopulation, especially if they have more than two children.

Psychiatry
Psychiatry is at best a protoscience, hypothetically if psychiatry were to become an actual science, then the kind of society that could result simply would not be worth living in, it would be similar to many examples of dystopian societies found in fiction, it could be very experientially limiting due to pervasive social control factors, which would be based on the behavioural predictive methods developed from the now full-fledged science of psychiatry.

Because hypothetically what would be stopping researchers in this protoscience, from simply going full throttle with their research and findings without any consideration for the possible consequences further down the track, this is a common theme found in many scientific and technological fields, where there is no limit to what they will research, given monetary incentive from whatever source with possibly dubious intentions.

One good example of this are the most prominent fields of nuclear physics, where they developed needlessly cataclysmic weapons and virtually indisposable radioactive waste byproducts, though obviously in this case they have had to take a bit of a step back because of how in-your-face the problems were, though what would be stopping researchers from continuing down the ever narrowing, high-walled path of a seemingly innocuous protoscience like psychiatry.

Psychiatry is like a superficial band-aid on perceived issues that would be caused by a laxity or imbalance in other aspects of society, and in this case prevention is the best medicine, because all that needs to be done for people to be happier and have healthier minds and bodies, is for a society to provide as much freedom, opportunity, education and standard of living for its people, in balance with maintaining the cultural, ethnic and natural heritage of its nation.

The purpose of a government
The purpose of a governemt is simply to maintain a country's cultural, ethnic and natural heritage (a country's three primary national interests), while allowing for and providing as much freedom, opportunity and standard of living for its people (a country's three primary civilian foundations), in balance with economic, resource and natural (land clearing and pollution etc.) sustainability.

As soon as voting is involved it has become a popularity contest or it is corrupt, as obviously there's really only one way of going about governing a country's primary national and civilian interests, which are things that everyone has in commmon, because only an insane person or someone working against a nation, would vote against supporting a country's national and civilian interests, so there should be no need for voting or elections when placement should be based on facts alone.

One good basic example of the application of common sense here is abortion, there is no reason why it should not be legalised, since by doing so it would not be harming or restricting anyone.

Only monarchy and meritocracy
Any form of government beyond monarchy and meritocracy, is superfluous at best, monarchy is fundamentally important to a nation's cultural heritage and national identity, because; among other reasons; obviously all major and many other nations began as monarchies in one form or another.

A monarchy would also have greater responsibility and culpability than a relatively short-term president or prime minister, if the people are unhappy with the current state of affairs, this is not only because the reigning monarch is usually in power for much longer than a president or prime minister, but also because their performance is a reflection on the royal family as a whole, and the pressure on the reigning monarch to function as a fair and just leader is compounded on them by the other family members, so in this day and age it is basically a self-regulating system or fair governance.

And regarding meritocracy, this simply means the person who is best suited to a particular role, because their demonstrated skills and track record, will be elected over someone with less aptitude, this is a perfect system in and of itself as it cannot be faulted or improved upon.

It is really as simple as this and so regarding government, anything beyond monarchy and meritocracy would be either superfluous or subversive, and the purpose of a government is simply to help facilitate a society that is as comfortable and sustainable as possible for its members to live in, while allowing for as much experiential opportunity, freedom of expression, individual privacy and standard of living as possible, as well as retaining and restoring its own cultural, ethnic and natural heritage, and national identity.

The soap opera of contemporary politics
Contemporary politics is nothing but a soap opera, with the target audiences being energetic young people who want to get riled up about something that they can pretend is both real and important, and intellectually insecure middle-aged men who want to appear worldly, as well as those who get their kicks from class warfare.

Some skills that are often thought as fundamental to good leadership; such as oratory (really nothing more than the 'loudest idiot' principle); are only a secondary luxury to the real functional skills of efficient written and verbal communication. Long-winded and predictably monotonous speeches are a perversion of leadership, and likely also a mild form of brainwashing and indoctrination by way of boredom inducement, in this sense more effective communicators could be found within military rather than political hierarchies.

Education
After a child has developed the skills required for learning via education i.e. basic literacy and numeracy, throughout the remainder of primary school they should then be taught a system, which is based on developing a student's perception of first of all, one, which is time (history), then two which is space (geography), three which is learning the fundamentals of chemistry, human biology and what it means to be an individual, four which is how and why humans exist which involves learning about the fundamental beliefs of various religions and other spiritual beliefs, as well as scientific speculation on this topic, and then fifth and finally contemporary global issues, what is possible with the current level of technological development and what kind of opportunities and lifestyles are available.

This is so that students receive a more dynamic and well-rounded education, by engaging in a learning process where they can see how each subject forms part of a greater whole, and so gain the sense that they are developing a functional and dynamic knowledge base, rather than just learning a bunch of separate and seemingly unrelated subjects.

When (as in when we are)
 * Basic local history (of their country)
 * Basic world history and prehistory
 * Basic history of the universe

Where (as in where we are)
 * Basic local geography (of their country)
 * Basic world geography
 * Including education about various ecosystems and other natural Earth dynamics (atmospheric systems and the Earth's structure etc.)
 * Basic astronomy

What (as in what we are)
 * Fundamentals of chemistry (focusing on the periodic table of elements and their occurrence in nature)
 * Fundamentals of human biology
 * What it means to be an individual

How/why (as in how and why we are)
 * Theological (religious) beliefs
 * Other spiritual beliefs
 * Scientific speculation

Now (as in what is happening in the world today)
 * Contemporary global issues
 * Current level of technological development
 * Opportunities/lifestyles available

Learning and organisational skills
 * An entire subject about teaching students the fundamentals of thought and organisational skills, as well as the basics of systems theory - proper organisation skills and how to think and learn properly
 * Much of the time spent on this subject may involve the students asking the teacher questions about how to organise their particular subjects, rather than the teacher teaching from a curriculum template

= Summary = Here are my above perspectives in dot point format:


 * The meaning of life is experiential development and to develop individuality
 * The only real contemporary world issue is global overpopulation
 * Any form of government beyond monarchy and meritocracy is superfluous at best
 * The foundation of a child's education should be formed from the basis of 'when / where / what / how/why / now'