Die „Weisheit“ von Rupert Lay

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1. I listened to the first 20 minutes of Rupert Lay on „wisdom“. In this video, he shows certain signs of wisdom. He waves both arms, which is healthy. He shows good technique for talking to well-off managers. He talks fairly slowly, to get through without exhausting them. But he suddenly drops in strange words and paradoxes to keep them awake, and even interested. For instance he uses the word „euphily“, which normally is a cooperative venture between Europe and the Philippines, or botanic jargon referring to flowers. (Here it means „love of wellness“, reminding me of many articles in my TV magazine). He seems, wisely, to earn a good living this way.

   He also seems to have partly broken away from his Jesuit upbringing, by severely criticising dogma. (But he seems not to notice the dogmatic nature of his talk). He does explain his use of the word „wisdom“, „the highest form of intelligence“, as having been agreed by some group, (perhaps philosophers). But he does not explain what that means. He does not mention scientific investigations showing that there is a general intelligence leading to good results in lots of sorts of tests, as well as specialist intelligences for particular areas, such as music or maths.

   Right at the start, he makes clear that he is only interested in humanity. In a philosophical talk, this seems very short sighted. He looks back over 2000 years, but hardly looks forward beyond his own lifetime.

   He praises Socrates for his admission that he knew nothing, and then condemns Plato for advocating ruling by „wise rulers“. I too used to think that Socrates was wise, but misunderstood by Plato. Later I learnt that Socrates was a figure of fun in ancient Athens, who corrupted the youth with fascist views, and whose importance derived from Plato’s good writing style and from the long-lived school founded by Plato. Incidentally Socrates advised rule by philosophers and held up Sparta, (where philosophy was prohibited), as having the best system of government! And by the way, it is pretty silly to advocate having doubt about everything. How can one get through life like that, worrying that the next mouthful may be poisoned? It is even sillier now, with better general education than in Socrates‘ days.

   So „wisdom is the top form of intelligence“, and recognises that „euphily is the top value“. Roland once gave me the wise advice „don’t try to optimise“. Hr. Lay seems to be trying to optimise. He also maintains that history does not know the past. This seems paradoxical only when one forgets that nobody knows anything.

   Can somebody tell me whether „Kyberspace“ is correct German, or is this mispronounced English?

   We are all motivated by more-or-less enlightened self-interest. If I had been more enlightened, I would not have written this comment.

2. Lieber Chris, wenn Du Lust hast, dann geh doch mal auf meinen youtube-Kanal (rolandduerre). Da wären noch eine ganze Reihe von Videos, die Du kommentieren könntest. Roland