Share this postanalogyWhat is a Scientific Fact? Laying Bare the HeuristicsCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreEssentialsWhat is a Scientific Fact? Laying Bare the Heuristicsby Asa BoxerFeb 22, 2023∙ Paid4Share this postanalogyWhat is a Scientific Fact? Laying Bare the HeuristicsCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMore5ShareThe above shotgun graph is from the introduction to the Club of Rome’s publication The Limits to Growth (1972) and represents the rationale for why wealthy elites are in a unique position to set globalist policy and take political control over the masses the world over. The underlying assumption is that the working class is not and cannot be forward-thinking, and the model represents this assumption as data-based. The data however do not in themselves evince this assumption. What the graph reveals is that globalist perspectives are necessarily reductive and at odds with the individual because they view individuals as mere %-categories and as subordinate to populations (“populations,” “masses” and “demographics” being globalist frames of reference). Accordingly, the phenomena of individuals are made to fit demographic models underwritten by misguided assumptions. The Club of Rome’s approach here is carried through to its perceptions of the natural world, as the rest of the graphs and c…Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to analogy to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.Already a paid subscriber? Sign inPreviousNext