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Generalization as a Lifestyle
A short commentary on Goethe's Eastern-Western Diwan
Western man is normal, white, Christian and straight by default. That means, when it comes out of its package, its setting, which is complicated, is set as such by default. Although it can be manipulated in any way, but it will be out of warranty because of the manufacturer manual. However, due to some historical and social considerations, Western man has accepted some minor abnormalities such as being Jewish and being gay, but not others. It means that he is polite enough not to be a jewphobe or a homophobe, and what he has in his heart is a part of his privacy. In other words, his outward appearance isn't a reflection of what he is on the inside
From the Westerner's point of view, the earth is round, and this is his the most important similarity with the Easterner. In addition, the earth is divided into two western and eastern hemispheres, and these two hemispheres are suspended in space as shown below
From the Westerner's point of view, the west is divided into two main parts. Europe, whose people are smarter and better shaped. And the U.S., whose people are a little heavy, but instead are extra cool. In Europe, it is more important to be white, and in the U.S., it is more important to be Christian
From the Westerns' point of view, Canada is also a part of the West, and its characteristic is that it is icy and looks down on the U.S. At the opposite end is Australia, which hangs at the bottom of the western hemisphere. When it's winter here, it's summer there, and its people's job is surfing, and they keep kangaroos at home
From the Westerner's point of view, although Israel is geographically oriental, it is considered a suburb of the west (yellow tab) and there is no particular reason, and it is done and, and the "witnessing in silence" is better for everyone. On the other hand, the Latin world, even though it is located in the Western Hemisphere, is neither from the West nor from the East, but has a floating, gypsy-like, and wandering state, and of course,
Brazilian women are very hot
However, from the western man's point of view, the Orient is located in the eastern hemisphere and if we ignore Japan, it is almost divided into two categories: Russia and the third world, and because the western man is naturally kind and gives lion share of his income to charity foundations, if necessary, it can be upgraded to the rank of the second world. Anyway, from his point of view, the East is interesting and mysterious and worthy of compassion but keeping a safe distance
Russia: once upon a time, when the western man went to church, the preacher would warn him of the dangers of Russia's attack on the West. Gradually, however, the western man realized that James Bond and Arnold Schwarzenegger, alone or together, could handle the ever-drunk Russian generals. So, the western man was no longer afraid and shifted his focus to the Russian women. The Russians themselves got tired of playing the boring role of the enemy and turned to be brokers
The Middle East: It is an extremely large desert that consists of several Arab provinces, where all of these Arabs live in tents, all of its men have four wives who routinely beat all four of them, all of its women wear burqas, and if they don't, definitely there is a mistake. All of them are fanatic and worship Allah, which is a being that is completely different from the Christian God. It has a winter quarters province for Westerners, called Dubai. There is another province called Iraq, which was treated by the U.S., but now it should not be treated anymore. Iran is another name for Iraq. It means that these two are one soul in two bodies. Allegedly during the time of the movie 300, there was a region called Persia, whose people were the inventors of cats and carpets. Still, some Arabs consider themselves culturally Persian when faced with Westerners. In addition, since the 2001 onward, Westerners have also learned about jihad and suicide missions, and anyone who comes from the Middle East is a terrorist unless proven otherwise
Asia: Asia is roughly the same as China, and this Mr. China consists of Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, and so on. It is a good destination for a cheap vacation, all its people are stingy and thieving, but hardworking and literate. In recent years, Western men have realized the purity, simplicity, and ease of Asian women, and they are often seen together, but on the other hand, it is impossible for a Western woman be with an Asian man
Africa: the land of the negros. Previously, all the entertaining blacks, those who are strong in boxing, basketball, dancing or music, were exported to the U.S. and called Africa-Americans. Europe has forcibly imported some of its inferior products. What is left now is negro, of course this is an insulting word and instead we should say black or colored. Negro is hungry, and the Westerner gives her wheat and cheap laptops, cheers him on at charity rock concerts, and adopts him if see he's too cool
India: From the western man's point of view, Indians are the lowest level of Homo sapiens, and India is the dirtiest place in the world, so if you fly over India, you will get diarrhea. Indians are either beggars or scientists. The only interesting thing produced in India is Buddha. And being an Indian is so bad that no one ever bothered to correct when Christopher Columbus mistakenly reached the New Continent in search of spices and called its natives Indians
In the writing of this article, the generalization method is used in an arbitrary way
Auther: Osmosis Jones
The source: limbosis.blogspot.com
Translator: Reza
The fall of sciences in Islamic world
Sa’di says: There was a wise and knowledgeable young boy. He associated scientific meetings but didn’t say anything. His father protested him: O boy! You should talk about your knowledge. Why are you always quiet? The boy answered: I fear they will ask me a question, and I can’t answer and be ashamed
Gulistan, The benefits of silence chapter, 3rd tale
At the beginning of the 15th century, Europe, Islam, India, China, and Japan were the greatest civilizations worldwide. Although there were differences among them (culture, religion, administration, and … ), one can say that they had almost the same scientific knowledge and technology. After about two centuries, Europe's science and technology level wasn’t comparable to the others. European scientists (like Copernic, Galileo, Kepler, Harvey, and … ) completely changed their contemporaries' views of nature. But the other nations couldn’t reach Europeans. They stuck to their old paradigms and lost the competition in both science and technology. European hegemony in science and technology led them to control other nations, and in the 18th and 19th centuries, they expanded their domination to almost the whole world
Why couldn’t the other civilizations shift paradigms like Europeans? Why couldn’t they update their knowledge? And why they didn’t want to reach the Europeans? I don’t know the situation among the Indians, Chinese, and Japanese, so I try to limit my discussion to the Islam world
When we study history books, we figure out that historians mention too many causes of the fall of the scientific community in the Islam world. For example, most of them pay attention to these reasons
1Invading the Mongols from the east and the crusaders from the west
2The decline of the political power of the Muslim empires (Abbasid in Levant, Iraq and Iran, Fatimids in Egypt and North Africa, and Umayyads in Spain) and political instability
3Civil wars between warlords ruin the bases of civilization
4Economic decline and money issues for the governors and aristocrats who supported the scientists
5Natural disasters like the black death
6The dominance of Asharism and religious fanaticism in the Islamic world, especially in the religious schools, and neglecting the natural sciences and mathematics in their official curriculum
7The colonialism of the western powers in the Islamic territories
They are the most important reasons for falling the scientific activities in Islam, but not all of them. Every historian can add 1 or 2 other reasons to the list or ignore some related to their point of view
From my point of view, I consider the establishment of some cultural barricades against Muslims as the most important cause for the fall of sciences in the Islamic world. Pay attention to Sa’di’s tale again. Sa’di was one of the best poets and writers in the history of Iran. His doctrine has influenced Iranians for nearly 700 years. At first glance, his tale is wise, but when one thinks deeply, it is obvious that his advice would not lead to establishing a scientific tradition. When you teach your people to be quiet even if they know something and are sure how your country's scientific atmosphere can form? For more than 1500 years in Europe and 800 years in the middle east have been told people that they have no right to question their religious and scientific authorities. Europeans could jump that obstacle and make new sciences that differed from Aristotelian philosophy and sciences. But Muslims couldn’t break that barrier and were trapped in the close circle of old fashion philosophy and sciences. Yet, in Muslim societies, authority is important. Young people can’t argue with older ones. On a small scale, grandparents, parents, and older people in the neighborhoods say the last word. On a large scale, teachers, sheiks, masters, gurus, and political leaders have the same role and shape young people’s thoughts. Young people don’t learn how to ask questions and discuss their opinions; we see that the sciences can’t be developed in this atmosphere. To escape this trap, Muslims should change the fundamental bases of their culture and let young generations argue about old thoughts and traditions
The heart of the path
All paths are the same, leading nowhere. Therefore, pick a path with heart! Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn’t, it is of no use. A warrior chooses a path with heart, any path with heart, and follows it; and then he rejoices and laughs. He knows because he sees that his life will be over altogether too soon. He sees that nothing is more important than anything else
For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length--and there I travel looking, looking breathlessly
Never take a path that has no heart in it. You can’t lose if your heart is in your work, but you can’t win if your heart is not in it. Any path is only a path, and there is no affront to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you. Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore, you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if you feel you should not follow, you must not stay with it under any circumstances
Carlos Castañeda
Wisdom and silence
The one whose brain is stopless,
In the Paradise
God was sitting on the couch & watching TV. Suddenly anyone knocked at the door…
Knock … Knock…. Knock
-Who is he?
-Father! It's me, Eve.
God opened the door: Oh my daughter! What's the matter? Come in… come in. why are you crying?
-You are the worst God in the universe! You gave Adam a dick but how about me? Nothing…
God smiled and cleaned her tears: Don't worry my baby! His dick is yours too. That poor man is just a porter!!!