Showing posts with label predicting the future of ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label predicting the future of ideas. Show all posts

Saturday, August 8, 2015

PROPHETS OF INTELLECT

These might include science fiction authors, philosophers, etc.

Amadeus Mozart --- abstract predictions making life more creative for everyone.
         Concept of 'life's variations' elaborated from earlier composers.
Bible writers --- perpetuated the concept of prophecy as something that was not idiotic.
Protagoras -- concept of relativity / all arguments are good.
Plato --- self-fulfilling prophecy of the Republic form of government.
Aristotle --- created logic no one else knew existed.
Lichtenberg --- made many predictions modern for their time, including that
            metaphysics could be mad.
Husserl --- formalized the beginnings of objective knowledge, including
         the state / quality distinction.
Marx --- contributed the concept of Communism.
George Orwell --- largely prophetic mentality.
Immanuel Kant --- secular humanism and criminal justice.
Neil Gibson --- science fiction writer predicted the computer 'core' .
Neil Stephenson --- science fiction writer predicted metaverse.

Looking at these, it is like there is a growing metaphysical trend----unless that is just the temptation of geniuses... Aristotle would know!