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Intellectual terrorism:
FANTASY OR REALITY?
We simply have not yet learned to use the full "design
capacity" capabilities of our brain.Ewald Ilyenkov
Why Smart People suffer and die?
Two students of the famous mathematician David Hilbert,
exhausted excessive mental work, not having received the
required chief scientific results in despair committed suicide.
The poor old man has not found anything better as standing at a
funeral in the pouring rain for an hour a speech in which argued
that their thesis can be corrected.
In science, dramatic situations, unfortunately, not uncommon.
Taurinus, taken to the extreme indifference mathematicians,
burned his work on the foundations of geometry. Bolyai fell into
a mental disorder. Lobachevsky in one of the reviews announced
almost crazy. Klein suffered a disaster - competing with
Poincare in constructing a theory of automorphic functions, it
ruptured, fell ill and was forced to stop all scientific work in
mathematics. Even the great Gauss, despite the brilliant
achievements and outstanding discoveries, once said: "The death
of such a life dearer to me", and historians believe that his
hypochondria and mental illness - a response to the incredibly
hard work and superhuman zeal.
Is not such a problem exists?
Analyzing these cases, it is difficult to avoid the impression
that certain people for the tragedy lies and gradually gaining
momentum a new and extremely negative social phenomenon that is
sometimes described as "intellectual terrorism", but that
probably would have been better to call the intellectual
servitude. In one degree or another with him experienced by all
who have to endure chronic stress and work at maximum capacity.
For some back-breaking overload begin as early as high school.
Part of it is promoted disadvantages of teaching. ZhanLui Lorer
writes: "There is a certain kind of intellectual terrorism, when
some students called" zero in math ", though their only fault is
that they do not understand what they say ... never."
Severe mental overload experienced by many students,
businessmen, scientists and numerous army of intelligent
workaholic, which often leads to all sorts of disorders and
sometimes - serious illness. There is something mysterious,
since all these external manifestations of the problem lies the
elusive invisibility.
Informational stress - an ominous SATELLITE INFORMATION SOCIETY
The future of humanity, its very survival is directly related to
the growth of his intellectual capacities. However, the
requirement of all-round development of the human intellect, the
maximum intensification of its work, in many cases runs into a
tough obstacle, whose name - the information stress. It was at
this point, as lightning from the spark flashes Intellectual
terrorism, which, unfortunately, often neglected, considering it
a secondary, if not non-existent. However, not all people think
so.
Some scientists believe that the information stress arises in a
situation of information overload where a person can not cope
with the task, do not have time to make the right decisions at
the desired tempo with high responsibility for the consequences
of decisions. Analyzing the text of solving this or that
problem, a person processes information. It concludes that the
decision making process. The volume of processed information,
its complexity and the need for often make decisions - all this
is information overload. If it exceeds the capabilities of a
person when it is high interest in the performance of this work,
then we talk about information overload.
Stress and frustration caused them to have a tremendous impact
on the lives and health of modern man. Stress is insidious. On
the one hand, to the emergence of its harmful effects it is not
required that the influence of the factors was extremely strong
and unusual. It was found that the usual and ordinary factor
(such as lack of time) can have a very strong stress effect. On
the other hand, stress can lead to an overall depletion of the
body, and even to death.
KAMIKAZE brainwork
Protection of intellectual workers from the stress of being in
many ways: from prevention to medical relief work through
strengthening the capacity of intelligence. That is not a
complete list of known "antidotes" Health mental activity, the
rational organization of work, improving intellectual culture
professionals, promoting scientific creativity, use of the
intuition, improved intellectual abilities, different theories
of intelligence, for example, the concept of a hybrid of
intelligence and many private practices, such as TRIZ (Theory of
Inventive Problem Solving), dynamic technique power of the mind,
and so on. d. While the existing tools, theories and tools are
certainly useful and sometimes very effective drug, though,
unfortunately, they do not meet globally and growing the
significance of the problem.
What does it lead? Not coping with the steady increase in the
complexity of civilization processes, which significantly
exceeds the available intellectual possibilities of mankind, the
latter is forced to compensate for the weakness and lack of
intelligent tools by nervous overstrain (read - exhaustion!) And
increasing the duration of the working day of voluntary and
forced workaholics. In this behind the scenes of public
attention, television and the media is the fact that knowledge
workers often become intelligent suicide bombers, which the
company is sacrificing cruel and insidious Moloch intellectual
progress.
The famous mathematician Hermann Weyl emphasizes inadmissible
when transcendental dominion over man, turning him just shout
intellectual revelation. And concludes that although science -
high objective value, while it - "a branch of human activity,
for which you can not sacrifice life itself."
What is intellectual terrorism?
- Guilty Is Professor of Mathematics, University of Gottingen
David Hilbert in the death of his disciples?
- No. - Did he want them to death? - A ridiculous question. Of
course not. - In this case, what was the cause of suicide?
Intellectual terrorism - a special social situation when the
society, acting perhaps with the best intentions, creates a
system of moral norms and social values, as well as a system of
direct and indirect incentives and use them to impose a style of
human intellectual work, which is almost inevitable, or at high
risk It leads to an overload or other negative consequences
harmful to the physical and mental health, reducing the quality
or reduce life expectancy. The paradox is that the intellectual
terrorism, even if it entails the heaviest and other
neuropsychological illness and suicide attempts, within the
existing belief systems and moral standards is not considered as
a violation of human rights.
We believe that intellectual terrorism - is not yet conscious,
but a very real and serious threat. The source of all these
troubles and misfortunes is that existing intellectual tools,
methods and tools are largely obsolete. They are aimed at
solving intellectual problems on the principle of "at any cost",
without taking into account the actual cost of mental and
neuropsychiatric effects (when almost completely ignored the
subtle cognitive ergonomics complex mental activity), and their
development dramatically lags behind the pressing needs of
intelligent practice. Annoyingly of all, that this contradiction
remains hidden, implicit, because it has not yet got into the
sphere of interests of modern science as one of the top
priorities, overarching issues.
HUMANITARIAN PROBLEM
Is it possible to improve the quality of decisions difficult and
highly complex intellectual problems, necessary for the
development of civilization, and at the same time to protect
people from dangerous overloading of mental health? How to
facilitate and improve the work of the human mind? Increase the
productivity of creative thinking? Convert difficult and
daunting task to the lungs and feasible? In short, to transform
intellectual flour-martyrdom into something more worthy of human
dignity, and even enjoyable? Can you solve this "most important
task" at least in principle?
An analysis of these questions reveals a problem that, to our
knowledge, has not yet been discussed in the literature. The
essence of the problem, so to speak, is that modern methods of
intellectual activity, virus-infected intellectual terrorism,
too often turn knowledge workers and students in the patients,
the disabled and the dead.
It is necessary to radically change the situation, to achieve a
radical improvement of forms and methods of mental work, to
learn how to solve more complex intellectual tasks with higher
quality in less time and without damage to health.
Intelligent safety civilization - the global intellectual
property systems of human activity, allowing, first, in a timely
manner to solve the increasingly complex intellectual challenges
for the sustainable development of civilization, and secondly,
to protect the human brain from dangerous and harmful overload,
reducing them to a minimum or completely excluded.
The principle of "first cripple, then treat" ineffective or
economically or from a medical point of view. Therefore, we
propose another principle: the system of "science + education"
should not be harmful to health.
However, the current science can not cripple - so it is
arranged. Why is that? In particular, because throughout the
history of its development the creators of scientific theories
and methods set ourselves the sorts of goals and objectives, but
not the problem of the effective protection of human
intellectual overload. For this reason, the human brain, the
fragile vessel of mind when faced with the demon of science, is
extremely vulnerable - unable to bear the load prohibitive, he
receives numerous injuries caused by stress.
To resolve glaring discrepancy between the unimaginable
complexity of science and modest intellectual capabilities of
the average person, it is necessary to understand that the
psychological complexity of the science is not constant - it is
a variable that can be controlled and reduced to the desired
(albeit limited) range. To achieve the goal it is necessary to
carry out an extremely painful operation - with the help of
cognitive ergonomics methods to reconstruct the whole edifice of
modern science, in all its sections and building, turning it
from a cumbersome and dangerous monster in science with a human
face - that the pursuit of science have been effective, but not
threatened human health.
A radical restructuring of science and education on the basis of
a new generation of intelligent tools for the elimination of the
negative manifestations of intellectual terrorism -
unprecedented complexity of the task. Generally speaking, yet it
is not clear whether it is amenable to solution, and if
susceptible, to what extent. However, the goal is so important
and noble, that is to conduct a special study to learn more
about the problem.
COMPUTER mythology
Are computers facilitates mental work?
To avoid health hazardous overload, it is necessary to reduce
the burden on the intelligent human brain. On the other hand,
the development of civilization leads to complication of
intellectual tasks and continuous increase in their number that
makes the brain is constantly growing demands. How to resolve
this contradiction? Is it possible to do two opposite demands -
to facilitate the work of the brain and at the same time
increase the productivity of his mental?
It is sometimes said that the computerization and automation of
brainwork remove this problem. This is not true.Computer use
does not lead to a reduction of tension mental activity, because
instead of one job (which managed to pass on to your computer),
the human brain often gets a lot of new challenges, so that its
total load is not reduced and even increased.
More and more researchers are finding that the use of computers
in many cases, not only makes it easier, but on the contrary,
greatly complicates the intellectual challenges that remain to
share rights. For example, Edsger Dijkstra writes about
"inexhaustible" and "unprecedented" the complexity of the tasks
that must be solved programmers. Psychologist M. Yaroshevskii
said: "The success of cybernetics, all prospects for expanding
the transmission of technical devices to formalize mental
operations that used to absorb much of the intellectual effort
of the scientist, dramatically increase the demand for the
formation of its ability to produce such acts that can not be
committed with computers." Most scholars recognize that
information technology - is the hardest of all known
technologies and some even claim that the use of computers leads
to increased exploitation of workers and the nervous energy in a
number of cases of "adverse effect on the development of thought
processes."
Thus, mass computerization does not negate the problem we are
interested in increasing the productivity of mental work, on the
contrary - makes it even more urgent.
WHAT IS INTENSIFICATION intelligence?
In our view, to solve the problem should move from extensive to
intensive mental activity. We explain the terms. Activity called
extensive if the rate at which the brain solves problems
expected with respect to the same, and perform complex work in a
short time is achieved by sealing the working time and extension
of the working day. This means that a person works for wear -
for 12, 16 or 20 hours a day, with breaks for rest are reduced
to almost zero ("no time to intercept a sandwich!"). If the
employee, acting in this manner, does the job ahead of schedule
and with high quality, it is called an intellectual hero and set
the example: he has done the impossible! It is considered good
form to shamefully silent about how such work of our hero
hastened to the hospital or the grave.
With intense mental activity timely completion of the task is
not achieved at the expense of such barbaric methods, and by
increasing the speed of the brain. The intensification of
intelligence - a set of intelligent techniques and tools, change
the mode of functioning of the human brain in a favorable
direction to use it the possibility of "full capacity ".These
funds are designed especially to improve the work of the mind at
the same time by increasing the productivity of the brain and
relieve mental work by minimizing the intelligent unit costs
derived intelligent results.
Generally speaking, the idea is not new - throughout the history
of mankind ceaselessly inventing new intellectual tools to
improve and facilitate the work of the mind. However, this was
done to a large extent unconsciously, partly blind and largely
spontaneous. The challenge is to turn the process into a clear,
conscious, purposeful, controlled and, most importantly, mass.
Criterion Descartes and ERGONOMIZATSIYA SCIENCE
Outlining the philosophical doctrine of the method of Rene
Descartes stressed that scientific discoveries and inventions
should be made not by the random walk at random on the roads of
science, using the method. "Under the method, I mean the
reliable and easy rules, strictly observing that a person will
never accept anything as true false" and be able to produce new
knowledge - all that he can know - "without wasting mental
powers." Highlighted words can be described as "benchmark of
Descartes' modern positions and to interpret them in the sense
that the development of effective methods for the implementation
of any mental work (in science, technology, education and other
fields) at the forefront - in addition to the principle of rapid
and qualitative performance work - the principle should be set
to minimize mental effort, t. e. minimizing the cost of the
nervous energy of the human brain per unit of product produced
by the intellectual ^one.
Comparing the thought of Descartes ideas predecessors, V.
Katasonov emphasizes: "Inspired by the dream of a Franciscan
missionary in XIII.R. Lull about "great art" that would automate
the process of thinking, many thinkers are searching for
convenient system of signs, a universal algorithm would allow
"without wasting mental forces" to solve all possible problems.
The very creation of algebra in the XVI-XVII centuries. even it
seems as if only a by-product of this titanic "super idea. '"
Unlike the titanic Katasonova superideey we tend to think not
universal mathematics of Descartes or Leibniz universal
characteristic, paving the way for the creation of modern
mathematical logic, but rather their intellectual essence,
energy clot, a powerful core that initiated many great ideas and
discoveries, just as in the Big Bang our entire grand universe
was born from a primary superdense core.
In our view, this core - titanic superideey - is precisely the
criterion of Descartes, the true meaning of which his followers
adequately and failed to appreciate. We assume that the
criterion of Descartes - this is the desired Archimedean lever
that allows (in combination with other methods) to "turn"
science and education, to rid society of intellectual terrorism.
Let us recall the arguments of Descartes. He begins with the
assertion that the basis of all sciences is the same immutable
human wisdom relating to the different sciences, as the sun
illuminated the various subjects. For knowledge, therefore, it
would be much more useful than looking for "Mnogoznanie" in the
sciences, to turn to the study of the laws of this wisdom. In
this way, Descartes formulates the basic provisions of its
method.
Try translating these considerations into modern language.
Wisdom - it is the mind, the intellect. The study of
intelligence, the brain and the intellectual activity involved
in cognitive science, psychology, neuroscience, logic and how to
achieve them synthesizing the science of human factors
(ergonomics). The modern equivalent of the Cartesian doctrine of
the method of exploring and using the laws of human wisdom, in
our opinion, to what extent could be a scientific approach to
ergonomizatsii science and education, based on the criterion of
Descartes and aims at the highest possible intensification of
intelligence. We can assume that in the event of the success of
this venture will create prerequisites for strategic reform of
intellectual work, designed to radically enhance the strength
and power of the human intellect.
WHAT IS THE BOOK ABOUT?
I repeat the question: is it possible to improve the mind and at
the same time facilitate the activities of the brain, that
intellectual work was carried out without damage to health? At
first, there is no need to solve this problem Supercomplex in
general. It is enough to demonstrate the existence of an
effective solution for at least some significant individual
cases.Such method shows that the problem is not hopeless, that
it in principle amenable to solution. And if so, there is a
reasonable hope that, acting by analogy, it is possible to find
a solution for other cases.
This is, in short, a general idea of ??the book, which will
detail the detailed down to the most basic practical cases and
numerous examples to demonstrate that the creation of a new
generation of intelligent tools that have the desired
properties, although it is difficult, but it is quite feasible
task.
However, we believe that the task of intensifying intelligence
can not be solved by traditional means. It is necessary to
develop and implement a fundamentally new form of intellectual
activity in the design, management, science, technology,
education, medicine, economy and other areas. But how to do it
in practice? To solve the problem below suggests a number of
theoretical tools, based on the criterion of Descartes, in
particular the new cognitive approach. The possibility of
practical implementation of new ideas is demonstrated by a
number of examples, including details of all considered the
language of dragons.
Language DRAGON - public intellectual tool of a new type,
specifically designed to facilitate and improve the work of the
mind of knowledge workers and students, particularly helpful in
solving difficult problems and sverhtrudnyh avtoformalizatsii
systematization and professional knowledge, describing the
structure of human activities and many other problems, which are
discussed ahead.
DRAGON difference is that this is not a text, and visual
(graphic) language. Figuratively speaking, it paves the shortest
path to the target, exploding logical-mathematical, algorithmic
and technological rocks and obstacles with dynamite visual
images. Through these and other techniques, many (though
certainly not all) challenges are transformed into simple,
incomprehensible becomes understandable. As a result, achieved
the desired prize: increasing productivity, improving quality,
hard work is easier and more enjoyable, mental overload
decreases sharply, falling far below a dangerous level.
SECRETS OF THE DRAGON WISE: Explanation on the fingers
Some of the ideas related to language DRAGON, unusual. They are
very difficult to explain briefly, clearly and yet strictly
scientific. To spare the reader from tiring and tedious passages
cumbersome explanation, this paragraph was written in the form
of funny dialogue.
Author. Do not you think the work you do is very complex and
requires a lot of mental effort? So, if you represent your work
in the language of DRAGON observed following an unexpected
effect. Familiar task in front of transformed and appears in
front of your astonished eyes in a new light - it gets easier
and becomes a clear, precise and foreseeable. What looked
complicated and confusing, is transparent and obvious. Troubles
- distinct. Abstract - clear. A first hidden errors visible at a
glance.
Reader. But miracles do not happen! Due to what is achieved?
Author. Through the use of more efficient (more friendly to
humans) shaped presentation as professional knowledge, projects
and documentation. Reader. Probably, it is very difficult?
Author. Just the opposite. The language of visual images - the
easiest language. The motto of the Dragon: The look - and it
became clear! Reader. But languages ??and so has bred a great
many. Why create another one? Author. hostess came to the shop:
a lot of product, and nothing to buy. In general, there are
languages, but not for our honor. Let's listen to the parable.
The parable of how the Lord God created languages
On the eighth day of creation, when the world has already been
created, the Lord began to develop formal language. And then
something amazing happened.
- Because I love most programmers - said the Almighty - for
them, I created three thousand beautiful language. - And what
about the others? - Surprised assistants and the apostles. -
After all, they too need their own languages. - What are the
others? - Well, everyone else except the programmers:
physicists, chemists, geologists, medical, energy, nuclear
engineers, managers, economists, biologists, lawyers sorts. -
Why do they need their own languages? Let use programming
languages. - Yes, they do not know them. - What does not know.
Let will learn. There was an awkward silence. Finally, the
apostle Paul said diplomatically: - Your Divine Omnipotence! As
you have created all languages ??for you to learn a programming
language - a piece of cake.But man is weak. - That's right, he
is weak - confirmed Lord. - So for the average knowledge worker
(not a programmer), which concerns above its roof, understand
the intricacies of programming is difficult. - Difficulties can
be overcome. - It is possible, then it is possible. So in fact
the soul does not lie, because - contrary to, and most
importantly - why? You can not force a person to teach the force
that he does not need to work. For most people, a programming
language - a "dog" language, and programs written on it -
strange hash of Egyptian hieroglyphics. They are
incomprehensible to anyone but a handful of their creators. -
What are you saying! - Outraged the Lord. - One can see that you
are behind the times. Academician Ershov teaches that
"programming - the second literacy". Today even schoolchildren
have mastered the program. And their students, like nuts, click.
Note: All programming should know! This will be the common
ground for mutual understanding between professionals. And no
other language is not necessary. Everything.The meeting is over.
Perform!
However, as is often the case with the implementation of
guidelines for unknown reasons, there was a small hitch. Or,
vice versa, is large. Because the slogan "programming - the
second literacy" implies almost across-the ability to program,
implement so far failed. Practice shows that the program who can
account for only about 10% of the total number of manual
workers. So today in the community of knowledge workers formed a
significant linguistic imbalance. It lies in the fact that a
minority (10% of programmers) owns a huge linguistic wealth,
including 3,000 languages. A vast majority (90% of specialists)
in addition to the language of mathematics does not have at
their disposal no other widespread and universal formal means.
Reader. So maybe this art and do not need any languages?
Author. It is not. Language - intelligent weapons specialist.
The better the language, the better the brain works, the better
the performance of mental work. Reader. How can that be? Author.
First of all, it should be recognized that in selecting the
general direction of the development of artificial languages
??allowed a strategic mistake. The current situation where 90%
of the specialists do not have the language, suitable for quick
and efficient solutions to their problems is abnormal and
unacceptable. Reader. Where is the exit? Author. It is necessary
to eliminate the imbalance in providing specialist language
means. As a minority (ie. E., Programmers) have a sufficient
number of high-performance language, it is time to think about
the rest. Today it is necessary to create not just another
language minority and language for all, which would strengthen
the weak link and improve the produ
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