Dear Friends,
It seems to me, if your logic doesn’t stand reversal… it’s wrong. Examples are, censorship, double standards and all forms of despotism. The woke believe that some should be coddled while others should be exposed to uncomfortable facts. Though, should those groups be reversed, the coddled group exposed to uncomfortable facts, and the disfavored group, coddled… the proponents of woke ideology would be outraged. Proving their hypocrisy. When reversal doesn’t work it creates a logical tension… imbalance. The Mpemba effect is a scientific fact that doesn’t stand reversal, and so is counter intuitive, and downright illogical. Because, if hot water freezes before cold water, then why doesn’t cold water boil faster than hot water? Reversal balances logic, morality and ideas.
The Golden Rule is reversal in morality. The Golden Rule says, “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.” A perfect statement of reversal. It admonishes us to think of how we want to be treated, then reverse it, and apply it to others. Simplicity is the hallmark of truth. Not oversimplification, but simple laws that are reversible and apply universally. Despite the Taoist argument against universals. E=MC^2 is an example of a universal law that’s both simple yet explains the complex… as is the Golden Rule. All morality can be described by reversal and no immoral act can be justified by reversal. No murderer wants to be murdered, no con man wants to be conned, and no censor wants to be censored. Morality and hypocrisy are illustrated and balanced by reversal.
Reciprocal attribution is another example of reversal. Put simply, reciprocal attribution is to reverse the attribution another puts on us, by applying it to them. We can’t treat someone trying to murder us as a close friend, trusting a con is stupid, and accepting censorship is a sure path to despotism. That’s why the wise reciprocate in all things… especially attribution. This form of reversal is the basis for the fundamental right of self protection. The defender isn’t the aggressor. The defender is reacting to aggression. Or in other words, reversing the aggression, to the aggressor. To do that, the defender must attribute sub human status to the aggressor, as the aggressor has attributed subhuman status to the defender. Reversal then informs us of right behavior, and gives balance, even in chaotic circumstances.
All forms of despotism are discredited by reversal. Censorship, lawfare, propaganda, etc… are examples where the perpetrator wouldn’t want those measures applied to themselves. The hypocrites. Tyrants aren’t known for their spartan lifestyles. Opulence at the cost to others is the way presidents for life roll. Reverse it though and the despot becomes a revolutionary. Because they wont tolerate for themselves what they hand out to others. Which suggests most revolutionaries are simply despots looking for a career opening. Ask yourself, would Chairman Xi, Kim Jong Un or the elite in Brussels, tolerate having their property taken from them? Let alone organ harvested, publicly executed or jailed for a Facebook post? Simple reversal proves all forms of despotism… unbalanced, hypocritical and evil.
If our intelligentsia used reversal, as a means to falsify their hypothesis, then we might not have to put up with so much absurdity coming out of academia. I believe most intellectuals are terrified of Karl Popper’s falsification. Therefore they shudder at the very mention of reversal. Because nothing is as discrediting as reversal. With the sole stumbling block being the Mpemba effect. In nature, balance is found everywhere. We use balance to weigh goods for sale. Balance keeps us on our feet. Reversal then is a means to get at balance… in logic, morality, science and philosophy. A hypothesis that can’t stand up to reversal clearly isn’t balanced. While a morality that can’t be reversed is hypocritical. Reversal is a vital tool left out of most intellectual toolboxes. Let’s add it.
Sincerely,
John Pepin
