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BHA: a Popperian dip



I^ve thought once, the entire land and urban organisation in industrial
setting is founded on shoddy grounds indeed, which requires a D (CR) for
correction. Drugs, and different type of addiction---> mental /body
imbalance for example can they have another explanation? In theory
(contemporary) human affairs in town and cities are predestined to
biological explanations thanks to the wisdom microbiology (genetics) can
bring ^ to colour human disposition than the environmental the individual
is brought into.

Take an example, into this world of ours everywhere there are societies
which have never experienced a feeling and a comfort of proper bedding.
However these are societies with highly stable individuals who will bust
in a feeling of joy at a glance. How is New York?

This is not anthropology, biochemistry, sociology, psychology or biology
but a bit of everything - a totality.  Let us not think in terms of
fallibilism of knowledge or a Popperian correction but the rather the
epestime- and the fallacies accrued thereof.  I mentioned microbiology
and the issue expounded on by paediatricians, sociologist, and
developmental psychologist. I have looked in awe how women routine
problems (especially) and small stubborn and naughty children are
condemned to psychiatric diagnosis explained is it in abnormalities of
the left or right part of the brain. This is not to say there are no such
cases but remember I grew up in the endless villages of Africa condemned
to the rural life. More to this effect peg question marks on how
theorisation of alcoholism, medical drug abuse for depression (among the
bourgeoisie), which would have been rampant in rural societies  with less
exposure to wealth of joy, the city brings.

To my surprise, geographers have been so quite, since they do not claim
to be human medical doctors with sociologist minds for example, and as
such not so much concerned about human affairs, in their state of social
organisation. They do at times a la David Harvey ^ the urban experience.

Nevertheless, let us assume that the state of social organisation is
derived from the know-how (technology) to which our knowledge of doing
this or that is appended. Won^t it be critically necessary then, as we
try to solve the above problems i.e. drugs, economicism, and urban decay
we look else where in everything, rather than just falling into far more
mucky knowledge dip (compartmentalisation) where our knowledge and indeed
social being has no ontological base?!

New York New York ^ ^.^.what is the crescendo?


Bwanika


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