Resistance

GERMAR RUDOLF, RESISTANCE IS OBLIGATORY2. The possibility to objectivize the results of the doubting quest,that is, to make them independent of the respective individual bythe spoken or written word, by pictures or by other data types, inorder that others can study them independent of the biologicalpresence of this individual.II. It is therefore a serious assault on the dignity of a human to prohibithim to doubt, to seek the truth, and to announce that which he considersto be true. Such a prohibition to use one’s intelligence withoutguidance from others equals a disenfranchisement which is diametricallyopposed to the spirit of enlightenment. By way of such a disenfranchisement,humans are forced down onto the intellectual andmoral level of lower life forms.B. ScienceI. The most important essence of science consists of two corner stones:1. Free choice of starting hypothesis: At the beginning of any activitywhich creates knowledge any assumption can be made, anyquestion can be asked.2. Undetermined outcome: The answers to research questions canbe determined exclusively by verifiable evidence, but not by standardsset by scientific, societal, religious, political, judicial orother authorities.If answers, hence research results, are prescribed, then queries degradeto mere rhetorical questions, and the reasoning process turns intoa farce. This is therefore not just an undermining of the essence of science,but in fact the complete abolition of science.II. Four principles are indispensible in the process of gaining scientificknowledge:1. There are no (final) judgments, but rather always only more orless well-tested pre-judgments, i.e. preliminary judgments.2. The reasons (evidence) for our pre-judgments must be testable asgood as possible (empirically falsifiable). It has to be possible tosubject them to tests.3. One has to both actively and passively test and criticize by:a) testing and criticizing the pre-judgments and reasons (evidence)of others;b) inviting others to test and criticize one’s own pre-judgmentsand welcoming this testing and critique, which includes a dutyto publish;234