Dominion and Will

Month, Day: 166, Will, Dominion (Justice)

We have Knowledge, and its interesting paradoxes, coming up.

But, Dominion raises some questions, especially about what we can know a priori. It may be that we know a lot more than commonly accepted. But, that fore knowledge is not the same as cause.

SAQ #35: The foreknowledge of a thing is not the cause of its realization ... For example, tonight everyone knows that after seven hours the sun will rise, but this general foreknowledge does not cause the rising and appearance of the sun ...

However, such a talent (looking ahead), assuming that we can know consistently and by command (ah, how so?) could be put to good use.

Now, even in fore knowledge, there will be issues related to type, operational methods, potential effectiveness, and so forth.

By the way, one modern problem is that people have trusted mathematical extrapolation far beyond what is reasonable. And, these are not uneducated souls, either. Somehow, modern successes lead to some type of 'siren' (yes, think mythology) influence that warps the judgment.

Methinks that it's natural and to be expected; the only proper attenuation of these types of errors would be from a sound metaphysics. And, 'how is that to be' is the question.