The Decline Bias [Declinism]

Posted on November 18, 2024 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

By Staff Reporters

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You may have heard the complaint that the internet, blogs, vlogs and social media will be the downfall of information dissemination; but, Socrates reportedly said the same thing about the written word.

Declinism refers to a bias in favor of the past over and above “how things are going.” Similarly, you might know a member of an older generation who prefaces grievances with, “Well, back in my day” before following up with how things are supposedly getting worse.

The decline bias may result from something before — we just don’t like change. People like their worlds to make sense, they like things wrapped up in nice, neat little packages.

Our world is easier to engage in when things make sense to us. When things change, so must the way in which we think about them; and because we are cognitively lazy (Kahenman, 2011; Simon, 1957), we try our best to avoid changing our thought processes.

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The Philosophy of ME-P Editor Marcinko

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Thinking of Socrates

By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP

Dr David E Marcinko MBAI am one of those who are very willing to be refuted if we say anything which is not true [on the ME-P], and very willing to refute anyone else who says what is not true, and quite as ready to be refuted as to refute-for I hold that this is the greater gain of the two, just as the gain is greater of being cured of a very great evil than of curing another.

For I imagine that there is no evil which a man can endure so great as an erroneous opinion about the matters of which we are speaking and if you claim to be one of my sort, let us have the discussion out, but if you would rather have done, no matter-let us make an end of it.

-Socrates (h/t Plato)

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The Greek Philosophers & Latin Phrases

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

A Brief Review

[By Staff Reporters]

We do not have enough space to cover the subject fully. And, “important” does not necessarily  indicate good or bad. But, we will try to review these three Greek Philosophers.

PLATO

Plato is important because his philosophy underpins autocratic political philosophies such as Kant, Nazism and Communism. Metaphysically he fights a war against reality claiming only a superior mind, like his, can be trusted. He had a pessimistic view of human beings.

ARISTOTLE

Aristotle is responsible for the explosion of progress since the Renaissance. His focus on identification (A is A), and reason, as the key to human knowledge and happiness has been a force for good. His heirs like Aquinas and Rand have sought to round out his discoveries. He was the optimist. If you look at the the cultural climate in the USA today, you will see a resurgence of Platonism (socialism).

And, in the face of unparalleled quality of life and prosperity, harbingers of doom capitalize in the unwillingness of many to do the work required for freedom. Identity is ignored in the attempt to avoid the requirements for happiness: Effort and thought. Hopefully the pendulum will swing back to an Aristotelian era.

SOCRATES

Socrates was the bridge between the two great minds of Plato and Aristotle, and a story teller whose skills and abundance ensured the survival of his own.

Assessment

Much as Socrates’ thought systems – so we put our coin on Plato as the premier Greek Philosopher. Without Plato, Socrates’ thought would not have survived a century past his execution; still less a millennia.

Aristotle certainly influenced Alexander, but it’s hard to credit Aristotle for Alexander’s legacy, which was largely military in nature.

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