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Can intellectual phase lock apply culturally, and if so, what does it look like? For example, I wonder what techniques can be used to avoid it.

culturalphasel 7y ago
It's called fashion. Everybody using macs because it's well established that they are the best.
onemoresoop 7y ago
I'd say absolutely. That's why new generations tend to do things differently because they come from a somewhat new slate.
- SolaceQuantum 7y ago
  Yes, so should we break out of our cultural intellectual phase lockings the way we should break out of our scientific ones?
  - onemoresoop 7y ago
    You're free to break from it, have a breakthrough and share it with the world. On a larger scale it's a drop in the bucket though. You'd have to change how and what things are taught and sometimes the cultural intellectual phase might unlock to a worse phase. Best is to let these things happen on their own.
    - SolaceQuantum 7y ago
      What does "let things happen on their own" mean in this context? One person can pivot a culture, just as one researcher can pivot a field. What's the difference?
      - onemoresoop 7y ago
        What I mean is not try to "break" the establishment but let it "break" itself. But not in the sense that establishment is bad but in the sense that some practices have crystallized and nobody challenges them.
asdfman123 7y ago
Of course. Fashion, style, trends are everywhere. The alternative is to actually evaluate claims objectively, and find out what you like despite what others think. Both of those things are hard to do.
qball 7y ago
>Can intellectual phase lock apply culturally, and if so, what does it look like? It certainly does. It looks like what appears to be a majority of the population bullying others into accepting their viewpoints. This can be because only a single political party exists in the country (China), because the culture is populist and hence unstable leading to conservatism in individuals (Europe), or because as soon as you voice dissent with the current cultural direction a lynch mob materializes and tries to kill you (modern US, but has happened a few times in the past). >For example, I wonder what techniques can be used to avoid it. You need a healthy economy, a liberty-minded society, a strong Constitution with freedom of speech, equal protection, and privacy rights (that doesn't have "except when we don't feel like it" clauses like most nations do), and a lack of places and resources for bullies and those in favor of that phase lock to gain power. In other cases, you need a good pseudonym or (where culture lock is at a despotic level) a decent pair of running shoes.

culturalphasel 7y ago

It's called fashion. Everybody using macs because it's well established that they are the best.

onemoresoop 7y ago

I'd say absolutely. That's why new generations tend to do things differently because they come from a somewhat new slate.

SolaceQuantum 7y ago
Yes, so should we break out of our cultural intellectual phase lockings the way we should break out of our scientific ones?
- onemoresoop 7y ago
  You're free to break from it, have a breakthrough and share it with the world. On a larger scale it's a drop in the bucket though. You'd have to change how and what things are taught and sometimes the cultural intellectual phase might unlock to a worse phase. Best is to let these things happen on their own.
  - SolaceQuantum 7y ago
    What does "let things happen on their own" mean in this context? One person can pivot a culture, just as one researcher can pivot a field. What's the difference?
    - onemoresoop 7y ago
      What I mean is not try to "break" the establishment but let it "break" itself. But not in the sense that establishment is bad but in the sense that some practices have crystallized and nobody challenges them.

asdfman123 7y ago

Of course. Fashion, style, trends are everywhere. The alternative is to actually evaluate claims objectively, and find out what you like despite what others think. Both of those things are hard to do.

qball 7y ago

>Can intellectual phase lock apply culturally, and if so, what does it look like? It certainly does. It looks like what appears to be a majority of the population bullying others into accepting their viewpoints. This can be because only a single political party exists in the country (China), because the culture is populist and hence unstable leading to conservatism in individuals (Europe), or because as soon as you voice dissent with the current cultural direction a lynch mob materializes and tries to kill you (modern US, but has happened a few times in the past). >For example, I wonder what techniques can be used to avoid it. You need a healthy economy, a liberty-minded society, a strong Constitution with freedom of speech, equal protection, and privacy rights (that doesn't have "except when we don't feel like it" clauses like most nations do), and a lack of places and resources for bullies and those in favor of that phase lock to gain power. In other cases, you need a good pseudonym or (where culture lock is at a despotic level) a decent pair of running shoes.