Diarmaid Ó. Conaráin - Why Youre Wrong

Why Youre Wrong

Copyright Diarmaid Conarin 2018

Published by The Human Spirit Publishing 2018

Dublin, Ireland

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ISBN 978-1-9993060-1-4

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Dedicated Sincerely To;

My partner Morgan and my family. For listening to me talk incessantly on these subjects before I decided to stop talking and start writing. Thank you for your love and patience.

Also dedicated to Prescott, Sydney, Katie, Micha, Sadhbh, Clodagh, and my unborn son. So begins the labour in effort to leave you a better world than you were brought into.

Preface

T HE HYPOTHESIS BEHIND this body of work is that should our coherence and cognitive ability be still in good order, many of today's issues can be worked through without the involvement of conflicting scientists, quarrelling academics, disingenuous politicians or the overwhelming shadow of our big brother governments and media outlets who seek to feed us our thoughts daily.

My approach will not be one of an academic or qualified nature. I will not broach these quandaries from the stance of having more education or knowledge on the subject. That would be to argue my point as an "argument from authority". This is a fallacy, as being educated in the currently accepted knowledge on a subject, is no guarantee you are best placed to understand or decide on the course of action on a newly emerging issue. History has proven it will often be the creative, wise and visionary among us who shape the direction we're heading, and not those who have become educated on what we know thus far. I give no reverence to the notion that due to an individual being qualified or officially educated in a field, that their opinion on a matter is an indisputable truth. I am not sure any of us should. Especially given we are in strange times of people with borderline identical qualifications arguing separate sides of an issue.

In the earliest days of contemplation, before natural philosophy became science itself, there was the notion that some things can be observed or contemplated to a conclusion others could reach, and no logical individual should dispute. This is the beginning of philosophy; of science, arguably of modern civilisation itself. The embracement and cultivation of higher thinking, and the benefits we would soon reap from such an investment. It was indeed proven that with extended contemplation or study, if a conclusion was not reached there were at the least, benefits to the knowledge of the thing being studied to be gained. With focused and extended consideration of a thing or issue, one cannot avoid additional insight drawn from contemplating the varying possibilities or points of view of that thing or issue.

Yet in an age where information is spreading further and faster than ever, many have taken to simply reading and reciting. Leaving those in their fields to do the mental work while we accept the results they present, and reiterate them to each other as fact. This will not do in modern society. Furthermore, in the age of confirmation bias, appeal to emotion over intellect, widespread media favouring of one side of an issue, and science's credibility of conclusion in question due to regularly conflicting studies and opinions. It has become increasingly important to reignite our critical brains, and no longer meekly accept what we are told by those who may well have their own bias or agenda.

Therefore, it is my intention to examine these issue's as was done in the times of antiquity, by making use of the higher thinking we each possess. In hopes we might without bickering over studies or surveys from either side reach a critical thinking based conclusion, by exercising that which separates us from all other known life. It is my firm belief that although there is certainly disagreement, in cases downright deception on these issues, it is nevertheless entirely possible for us to contemplate them to a conclusion.

It is my intention to contemplate these issue's with no appeal to emotion, or seeking for you as the reader to give my contemplation any extra weight, owed to an education or qualification. Imagine us instead contemplating the plausible "what ifs?", that might broaden our insight on these topics, from which we may form a more concrete understanding or opinion of the matter.

Throughout this text, you will see reoccurring themes and points, as many of these issues overlap in their ideological foundations. Although I will venture to avoid repetition, at times overlapping due to conflicts or correlations of ideology or narrative will be necessary. We will observe over the course of these chapters that many of these seemingly unrelated issues share common foundations upon which they have built their ideas. I intend to examine not only the structural integrity of these ideas, but the plausibility of their application, and whether their goals achievement is sufficient to warrant their proposed means. Although we will not refer to scientific studies or academic advice, as many may see these as both confirmation bias and argument from authority. We will however, from a common-sense approach consider relevant historical examples, and refer to authors concerning philosophies or topics that are relative. As several of these movements could not be addressed appropriately without consideration for ground-level examples that have occurred, or relevant writings that should be considered.

Although this may seem like a dip in and out piece of work of separate chapters, I would hope readers will progress in the linear manner it was intended to be read. As chapters have been placed deliberately in the order they are in, to aid in the painting of the bigger picture that exists collectively. The final footnote I might add is I do not intend to create offence. I am simply exercising the freedom of thought to contemplate these issues as a sovereign mind, entitled to come to my conclusion, and encouraging that you do the same.