The grand paradigms

Paradigms affect the ways we filter and interpret evidence. They are common enough, and you are now familiar with the everyday variety. But I want to suggest that there are broader, 'bigger' paradigms of which we may not be aware. We all have a set of beliefs about ourselves, ranging from the trivial (my name is Nick) to the profound (I’m deeply misunderstood). Many of these beliefs refer to our place in the Universe and how we fit into the bigger picture - beliefs such as I am unique, I am more intelligent than a cockroach, humans are the most advanced creatures alive, God loves me, there is no God, we are controlled by fate, and so on. When taken together, these various assumptions, many of which we probably couldn't put into words, make up a belief set, a model of what it is to be a human in this Universe. This model affects the way we think about ourselves, and when something threatens it we feel disorientated and disturbed. You are probably aware that sometimes novel ideas are rejected simply because they are new and new things upset people.
Because we are all unique, we all have different models and different beliefs. But there is a paradigm that is common to many - the paradigm that modern man holds. Modern man, of course, doesn't exist: he is an abstract concept like 'the average taxpayer' or 'the typical 'student' (I obviously intend the term 'man' to include women as well). But in many senses, we all share beliefs, and here we explore the model that characterises the way man currently thinks of himself.
It will surprise no one to learn that this hidden paradigm - this model of what we are, and where we fit into the Universe - has changed radically...

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