34801Y137 Maybe the life sciences view the problem

FROM
THE WRONG ANGLE?
They believe that life
is all about data processing,
and that organisms are like machines
for making calculations and taking decisions!
However, this analogy between organisms and algorithms
might mislead us. In the 19th century, scientists described brains
and minds as if they were steam engines. Why steam engines? Because that
was the leading technology of the day, which powered trains, ships and factories, so when humans tried
to explain life, they assumed it must work according to analogous principles. Mind and body are also made
of pipes, cylinders, valves and pistons that build and release pressure, thereby producing movements and actions.
Such thinking had a deep influence even on Freudian psychology, which is why much of our psychological jargon still is replete
with concepts borrowed from mechanical engineering. Consider, for example, the following Freudian argument: 'ARMIES HARNASS
THE SEX DRIVE TO FUEL MILITARY AGGRESSION. THE ARMY LIMITS THE SOLDIERS' OPPORTUNITIES OF ACTUALLY HAVING SEX
AND RELEASING ALL THAT PRESSURE, WHICH CONSEQUENTLY ACCUMULATES INSIDE THEM. THE ARMY THEN REDIRECTS THIS
PENT-UP PRESSURE AND ALLOWS IT TO BE RELEASED IN THE FORM OF MILITARY AGGRESSION!' This is exactly how the steam-
engine works? You trap boiling steam inside a closed container! The steam builds up more and more pressure, until suddenly you open a valve, and release the pressure in a predetermined direction, harnessing it to propel a train or a loom? Not only in armies, but in all fields of activity, we often complain about the pressure building up inside us, & we fear that unless we dó 'LET OFF STEAM', we might explode! In the 21st century it already sounds childish to compare the human psyche to a steam engine... Nevertheless: we see & hear all over the world constantly indigenous & migrant populations screaming their whole heart & mind out at the sight of grizzly ghastful games & bloody beastly battles, fearful fanatic fights & seriously sadistical strikes, crazy chemical concerts and murky muddy massmeetings full of simply stressful struggling strebers à la Salve Caesar, Vive l'Empereur, Heil Hitler, Suck Stalin, Tipped Trumps and Praised Putins or Dutertes Ducks in Football, Fistfights, Fucking, Alcohol- & Drugaddictions, Fakenews, Fashionable cities & Rocketstrikes as much as they can because of foolish friends & angry enemies,
piggy peakprofits & somber spite, permanent prickly pains
& promised pleasures? In Short: Mad Mammals,
Hateful Humans & Their Atomic Robotisms!
Universal International Cowboys &
Indians, Crooks &
Their Victims
...

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