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This is one of my first undertakings of Africa-based ideology, so I feel a little lost, and slightly defensive. But I am making a damn good effort to listen to her, I hope.
My first question is pretty broad:
I need a definition of what the European Asili is. It wasn't caused by Platonic thought, and the ideology of linear thought, binary opposites, or eventually an oppressive European culture, although all seem to be a part of the white asili and fits very well with it. I just don't know if these things are the asili, causing the asili, or combined ARE the European asili. Thanks for the help.
And I have a weakly formed objection also: On page 66 (in my addition), she states the five myths about scientism: 1. science is fundamentally universal. (I was raised on literary formalism. I see how that is a myth) 2. the only objective language is scientific language. (again false. Nothing about the english language is objective, no word that is not loaded with other meaning...or am I missing the essence of how kemetic language is different? that would be another helpful explanation... 3. science is disspassionate, unemotional, and anti-religious. (science is disspassionate about everything but itself...hehe) 4.logic is the fundamental tool of science (I need someone to break this down a little harder for me. I'm having a hard time stepping out of my box with this one. I can't see how else science works. with an agenda? falsification of biology? help...) 5. that scientific knowledge leads to the truth. this is the big one for me. i know that science chases it's tale for sure, but science does lead to a certain kind of knowledge. spirtual? no. alienating? yes. but aren't their scientific truths? thanks for the help. i'm here to learn. little d
Hope and fear cannot alter the seasons. -Chogyam Trungpa
"I'll feed you fruit that don't exist I'll leave graffiti Where you've never been kissed I'll do your laundry Massage your soul I'll turn you over To the highway patrol
I think we're going crazy Things don't even faze me Her left eye is lazy Ni
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