IDEAS & the Need for Conversation & Dialogue Index

[Strangely, this is largely related to Orchid's "Systemic Focus" -- and its really about "IDEAS" as generally a LARGE PART of the FOUNDATION for our various systems -- and there is really a need for a lot of DIALOGUE to hash out the COMPLEXITIES of those IDEAS.

When systems aren't working -- REALLY AREN'T  WORKING -- there are sometimes FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES that seem TOO IMPRACTICAL to deal with at the moment.

AND MAYBE they are -- BUT at some point we -- as every Age --- are moving to a NEW UNDERSTANDING(s) OF HOW THE WORLD WORKS. 

WHAT Are Our Big IDEAS:
  • "Intent" seems to have taken us about as far as we can go in the Criminal Law -- the US and much of the world are moving to a PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH to better address the COMPLEX "BIOLOGIES/Environments" of many in the Criminal Justice System and to provide for a greater level of safety.
 
  • SCIENCE is a great thing.  The Mental Health Profession is having a HARD TIME addressing a SCIENTIFICALLY INVALID DSM 5 -- It is excruciatingly relevant.  We need major FUNDING & COLLABORATIONS to support TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE/JUSTICE.
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  • We love Science -- and there are a lot of different areas of KNOWLEDGE that are IMPORTANT often because SCIENCE has a lot of GAPS [as do the other areas of KNOWLEDGE] -- and the STRUGGLE is to INTEGRATE these areas of KNOWLEDGE into something COHERENT. ​​ -- The more we learn, the more we understand we don't know -- and the more we understand the need to INTEGRATE these areas of "KNOWLEDGE" -- not only SCIENCE, RELIGION and ART but ECONOMICS, HISTORY and all the rest.   

Fundamental Problems in the Criminal Law

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"Even A Dog Distinguishes Between Being Stumbled Over & Being Kicked"

Secrecy & Authenticity

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Gilbert Parker, British-Canadian Author (1862 - 1932)
In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind.
Philosopher Mortimer Adler is one of our great heroes.  

Philosophy is definitely a part of Orchid -- just as much as Federal Law, Regulations & Guidance.