Tuesday, November 14, 2006

The Paradigm Shift

The Paradigm Shift

A paradigm is simply a system of thinking. The term 'paradigm shift' was first used by American philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn, to describe changes to the basic underlying assumptions in science. Wikipedia lists the following paradigm shifts that have taken place

* The transition from a Ptolemaic cosmology to a Copernican one.
* The unification of classical physics by Newton into a coherent mechanical worldview.
* The shift in geometric outlook from particular structures to transformation group theory with Felix Klein's Erlangen Program.
* The transition between the Maxwellian Electromagnetic worldview and the Einsteinian Relativistic worldview.
* The transition between the worldview of Newtonian physics and the Einsteinian Relativistic worldview.
* The development of Quantum mechanics, which redefined classical mechanics.
* The acceptance of Plate tectonics as the explanation for large-scale geologic changes.
* The acceptance of Lavoisier's theory of chemical reactions and combustion in place of phlogiston theory, known as the Chemical Revolution.
* The movement, known as the Cognitive revolution, away from Behaviourist approaches to psychological study and the acceptance of cognition as central to studying human behaviour.


Social science is about to undergo a major paradigm shift from the 'left-right theory of government' to the globalist theory. It is really a change in political science above all else, but it has such far reaching implications across all of the various social science that make it the single most important theory unifying them all.

The left/right theory holds that the left and the right have been in a struggle for more government control on the left, and less government control on the right. The globalist theory holds that these are false choices that have been offered to us by the global elite, that both the left and the right have been working towards the same end: world government. George Orwell wrote about the false choice of communism in Animal Farm and the evils of capitalism in 1984.

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