Control Rituals, Causation, and the Benefits of Warning Signs [View all]

[Boojatta]

You may have seen a so-called "light switch." It's a device used in control rituals. Brainwashed people watch a performance by a light-switch operator who creates the impression of a causal relationship between the state of a light switch (on or off) and the state of a light bulb (luminous or non-luminous). Of course, in some cases, instead of manipulating a switch, the operator manipulates a slider or dial or other mechanism.

We know that everything is controlled by the one big hidden switch. We conclude that a little light switch cannot control anything. Obviously the control rituals display correlation and no actual causation.

However, we know that an ordinary light switch would be useless if it were stuck in the off position. Consider a similar idea, but think about the one big hidden switch. We cannot ascribe causal power to the one big hidden switch unless it changes state from time to time. We wouldn't need to be able to turn off the laws of nature, but we would at least need to observe that the laws of nature have toggled from one state to another state. There need to be at least two states. Otherwise, the one big switch wouldn't have causal power.

However, don't you think that if researchers can predict that the laws of nature are going to toggle from one state to another that they should provide some warning to the general public? There is, relying upon the usual laws of nature, a lot of infrastructure and equipment that could malfunction if the laws of nature change suddenly and without warning.

Note: this message is a slightly revised version of a message entitled "Can you turn off the laws of nature?" in the Boojatta DU2 Journal.

Link to that journal:
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Boojatta