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The Royal Society is definitely a subject that is near & dear to me, having studied the era of it's beginnings & inauguration in depth....One could argue that the Enlightenment project itself, has it's origins there....It was certainly one of the central planks in The Age of Reason.
The notion that all of human knowledge could become a collaborative joint-venture, with all fields of inquiry incorporated into a singular vision of human progress, is not new to it, but it was a clearly defined end-goal mission at it's inception....Something that the World wide web has made manifest.
However, to suggest that it is in anyway a part of the New World Order program of the elite....Which I gather the O/P is suggesting....Is a rather long-bow to draw.
Knowledge/deception are very unfriendly bed-fellows indeed....The scientific revolution is one marked by openness & inquisitiveness, not political manipulation & intrigue.....Lets not confuse it with the current decrepit state of world politics; & it's financial power games & corruption.
Having said that, The Royal Society definitely has had a marked influence upon modern culture, in it's push for the supremacy of human reason above all else....And politics, money & power, have very little to do with human reasonableness.
The notion that all of human knowledge could become a collaborative joint-venture, with all fields of inquiry incorporated into a singular vision of human progress, is not new to it, but it was a clearly defined end-goal mission at it's inception....Something that the World wide web has made manifest.
However, to suggest that it is in anyway a part of the New World Order program of the elite....Which I gather the O/P is suggesting....Is a rather long-bow to draw.
Knowledge/deception are very unfriendly bed-fellows indeed....The scientific revolution is one marked by openness & inquisitiveness, not political manipulation & intrigue.....Lets not confuse it with the current decrepit state of world politics; & it's financial power games & corruption.
Having said that, The Royal Society definitely has had a marked influence upon modern culture, in it's push for the supremacy of human reason above all else....And politics, money & power, have very little to do with human reasonableness.