spacemonkeytech

To me, agnosticism is, in many cases is unjustified. I can see how it is just an avoidance of the burden of proof for many dubious claims such as the existence of God, or for so-called 'supernatural' phenomenon. Still, I wonder, how does Objectivism deal with the things that we don't know we don't know? It seems well equipped to make statements about what we know we don't know, or what we know we know, but what about that which we don't know we don't know? Of course you can't explicitly define or identify something you don't know that you don't know, but it still must be relevant at least conceptually. Or is it nothing more than a free-floating abstraction? Just wondering.

If you ask me, this song is simply about repression and sublimation as inept strategies for coping with animal instincts in civilization. Nature doesn't care if we live or die. It is up to us to survive one way or another, and, let's face it, we're number one. Yet we also have to cooperate with one another to survive. Still, alot of people aren't self-aware enough to notice their animal instincts playing out in the background of their personality. Those people think we should just stop fighting and get along with one another. They don't see their whole self though. It may seem like Tool is pushing for a more savage human animal in contrast to a mediocre and weak animal, but Tool is really reacting against groups that preach docility and cooperation as the highest. I figure humans survive through both competition and cooperation. Violence is necessary for self defense sometimes; you can't deny the need for violence occasionally. At the same time people need the help of others to get by. I don't mean to say helping others is the highest goal of course. I figure there has to be a balance. In sum Tool is simply trying to screw with the heads of peace-loving hippies and new age mystics with their wishful thinking about human nature. Tool emphasizes the hidden savage instincts of the human animal as a reaction against these groups, but they neglect to include that there is a little truth in the ideas of these groups; they just take it too far as Tool does. I don't blame Tool for this though. In the lyrics, Tool tries to point out how people sublimate one of their most important instincts with violent movies and TV. It is an explanation for why people really enjoy hearing about death and violence. Glad it didn't happen to me! Aw you should feel sorry for those people. No I am the strong Over Man who fights for my own life alone. I am the highest. No society is the highest. Helping others is the highest. I laugh when others die. Oh you're so terrible. I pound on you little hippie insect and take the world as my own. Etc No you're both wrong. It's somewhere in between being a total Nazi and a weak hippie, but society is so unaware, that you need Tool to help you get in touch with your inner monkey. Or something like that.