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It is common for people to sometimes draw analogies between the
human world and those of other species. This is generally not
scientific as even closely related animals in mammalia soon depart
behaviourally under close scrutiny. Although, experimental testing
on animals like rats continues
to offer sometimes dubious,
although often valuable parallels in some fields including
medicine.
A likewise common analogy is the beehive, the super organism, of
the bee when describing human society, and "busy as a bee" when
describing individual behaviour. However, a closer proximal
relation between bees and humans has not been suriously
considered, because typically it would not be accurate or
informative in any way whatsoever beyond derision of analogous
behaviour as belonging to a 'lower' lifeform if there is any currency
left in that structuralism.
However, there is in fact a good reason for the analogy after not
much serious thought on the subject. Upon drawing two diagrams
of the head of a bee, and the head of a human, and also an
inlayed diagram of their respective societies in each, there is an
important notion to be drawn between the two. This relates to
the compound eye of the bee, and the intersubjective capacity of
the human.
A bee, being concievably weak in mind, receives input from the
multiple lenses of its eye, and presumably utilizes this special
function instead of a mind to be able to think of more than one
thing at once, and 'assembles' this into a worldview that I am want
for understanding. Gendered humans on the other hand typically
have two pretty good stereoscopic eyes that see a very decent
image of the world which they can 'disassemble" and store as
separate memories, and consider at their liesure, in a way I am
still at want for understanding, but less so than the humble
bumble bee.
In short, behaviourism is an accepted science that does not
consider the mind, but typically how humans and animals respond
to stimuli. Bee-hive-you're-in-ism departs from behaviourism in
that it draws an analogy between the compound eye of the bee,
and the human ability to consider multiple subjectivites. For
instance the human social mind is composed of the various
opinions and expectations etc of numerous others, as if looking
through a compound eye consisting of each of those people's
decapitated heads, surgically fused together at the brainstem by a
twisted madman.
The twisted madman, serves as an example in this idea, as one
who lacks that intersubjective compound eye as he has not
considered the multivarious subjectivites of others that would
constrain his behaviour. However once he connects this
conglomeration of craniums to his own, he will soon feel shame
and guilt for his abominable creation, and self loathing of his now
hideous multiheaded form. Now capable of considering the 'bee-
hive-you're-in' perspective, he will abandon his madhattery and
adopt an adaptive atitude, an appropriate role and status as a
functional member of society, considerate of the feelings and
opinions of others, and even such an conformist esablishmentarian
nitwit as to folllow and obey the Queen, no longer receiving
antisocial behaviour ordinances for public urinations etcetera.
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Pun in search of an idea? |
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No I've clearly outlined this new sociological
perspective.
Neologisms are not uncommon to sociology, and this a
behavioural perspective that departs by considering
intersubjectivity. Whereas behaviourism tends towards
psychology, this new perspective is distinctly social,
relating the subjectivities of the group to individual
behaviour. |
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This idea features an all new hermeneutic for viewing
the sensory and mental differences between insects and
humans. Insects have a compound eye and no real
mind, humans have two eyes, and THE mind. Insects
use many eyes to have more 'content', and humans use
brain to have more content. |
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I call it The Bads. When you become aware of the horror of the human condition, a horror you have enough intellect to grasp, and thus must be hidden from you by your own brain. It is lurking there all the time, right around the next corner, always at the periphery of your minds eye. You don't want to know it because it takes away all meaning and comfort with it, but you do want to know it because it is the truth and there is beauty also. It is an experience that should never be forced on a person. A drug might do it, or training, but it would be an evil thing, true evil. You are not alone, but that does nothing to change The Bads. |
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