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| '''Neo-Tech''' (aka ''Neotech'') is a philosophy developed by ] that claims to eliminate ] from the human thought process by means of "fully-integrated honesty." It is held in Neo-Tech that mysticism is the highest enemy of human life, where "mysticism" is defined as "the acceptance of allegations without evidence or proof, either apart from or against the evidence of one's senses and one's reason" and "dishonesty that evolves from using feelings or rationalizations to generate mind-created 'realities'." Mysticism is said by Neo-Tech writers to be a "disease" of the mind, being described as "the dishonesty disease that creates problems where none exist". | |||
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| The claim that Neo-Tech is "fully-integrated honesty" is being challenged: see ] below. | |||
| ''Note'': Neo-Tech literature says that Neo-Tech is a "tool" or a "new technology" rather than a philosophy, however, this article refers to the ''writings'' espousing Neo-Tech as philosophy for the sake of convention. | |||
| ==Neo-Tech as Neo-Objectivism== | |||
| As a self-described "dynamic" form of objectivism, Neo-Tech departs from ] ] which it refers to as "static", in the following manner: | |||
| {| class="wikitable" | |||
| !Branch of Philosophy | |||
| !Randian Objectivism | |||
| !Neo-Tech | |||
| |- | |||
| |Metaphysics | |||
| |Reality | |||
| |Business | |||
| |- | |||
| |Epistemology | |||
| |Reason | |||
| |Neothink | |||
| |- | |||
| |Ethics | |||
| |Self-interest | |||
| |Value Production | |||
| |- | |||
| |Politics | |||
| |Capitalism | |||
| |Free Competition | |||
| |} | |||
| It is held that: | |||
| *''']''' is how people most effectively use and manipulate ''']''' (all that exists). "Business is the highest evolution of consciousness, responsibility, and morality. No other living organism is even remotely able to function on a business level. The essences of business are honesty, effort, responsibility, integration, abstraction, conceptualization, objectivity, long-range planning, discipline, thought, control. Business creates essentially every major human value, ranging from the development of consciousness, language, mathematics, the arts, up to the electronic and biogenic revolutions" (''Neo-Tech Discovery''). | |||
| *'''Neothink''' is mysticism-free integration of knowledge. It is using ''']''' and information to arrive at bits of knowledge, then integrating those bits of knowledge into new knowledge. This process continues as those bits of ''new'' knowledge are then integrated with other bits of new knowledge thereby creating additional knowledge, and so on, ad infinitum. It is essential that mysticism is not involved in the process. Neothink allows the widest possible integration of knowledge to be performed. | |||
| *'''Value Production''' is ''']''' put into action through '''Business''' dynamics --the creation of valuable goods and services resulting in personal wealth. | |||
| *'''Free Competition''' is the dynamic of acting within a ] or ] framework. Eliminating one's personal mysticism and using '''Neothink''' helps one to maximize his capacity to outcompete others (especially effective in outcompeting those whose mentalities are ridden with mysticism). | |||
| ==Neo-Tech and Biological Immortality== | |||
| Neo-Tech also shares some similarities with ], notably in regard to advocating technological progress toward achieving human ], as a non-spiritual route to the quest for eternal youth or immortality. However, Neo-Tech claims that this should be pursued strictly as a commercial enterprise, as it is its opinion that the competitive marketplace, rather than taxpayer-funded research, is the most effective and speediest route to technological advancement. It is held that with the elimination of mysticism from the human thought process (which Neo-tech holds is the cause of beliefs in gods and supernatural afterlives), market forces will drive humanity in a more urgent manner to eliminate ageing and other diseases (] is increasingly being viewed as a "]" by ]). | |||
| Neo-Tech sees mysticism as putting a drag on technological progress toward biological immortality, and blames government agencies that regulate medical technologies, such as the ], as significantly slowing progress toward this end; it is maintained by Neo-Tech that the existence of the FDA is the result of acceptance of "external authority" that occurs as a result of mystical thinking, as opposed to a voluntary inspection system which would embrace individual autonomy. | |||
| It is believed, in Neo-Tech, that to experience and continue experiencing | |||
| "profound ]" is the ultimate purpose of living. And, that since | |||
| life and health are essential to pursue happiness, given that the present | |||
| state of technology promises certain death and degradation of health, the | |||
| pursuit of "commercially biological immortality" should be the prime and | |||
| most urgent technological goal of a rational civilization. Moreover, it is | |||
| postulated that this technology to eliminate and reverse ageing is | |||
| achievable in the lifetime of many of us --the sooner that mystical beliefs | |||
| erode, the greater the probability of that happening through the dynamics of | |||
| '''Business''': "And now, from business comes Neotech, the cure for | |||
| mysticism and the key to commercial biological immortality" (''Neo-Tech | |||
| Discovery''). | |||
| ==Neo-Tech and the Bicameral Mind Theory== | |||
| Neo-Tech is notably influenced by the theories of the late psychology professor from Princeton University, ], as expounded in his controversial book '']''. Neo-Tech accepts Jaynes' proposition that human mind has evolved from what was once a mere reactive mode, devoid of consciousness, abstract thought, and ], where external authority was accepted unquestioningly, to a proactive, conscious-thinking, and autonomous mode. | |||
| Neo-Tech expands upon this and says that the next major evolution in the process of thought is the elimination of all mysticism in thinking, which it holds naturally results in the rejection of all external authority, both epistemological and coercive, in favor of a physically free and autonomous individual whose own conscious thinking, exercising "fully-integrated honesty," is the ultimate validator of knowledge (and therefore justifier of belief). This mysticism-free way of thinking, which is believed by Neo-Tech adherents to be the next evolution of the mind subsequent to the advent of consciousness, is referred to as the "Neothink mind." The Neothink mind is the mind using Neo-Tech (Neo-Tech is defined literally as "fully integrated honesty"). | |||
| It is said that vestiges of the "]" remain in modern humans that make them susceptible to defaulting to unquestioning-acceptance of external guidance. Whereas Jaynes hypothesizes that consciousness may have emerged out of competitive pressures, Neo-Tech literature likewise states that Neothink is a superior way of using the mind that allows individuals to outcompete others who still employ mysticism-laden thinking and that, hence, the need to compete will behoove one to "go Neo-Tech." So, it is said that those individuals and civilizations that cling to mystical thinking will remain uncompetitive, self-destructive, and ultimately be left behind to perish. | |||
| == Neo-Tech as Fully Integrated Honesty == | |||
| Neo-Tech writings maintain that "]" is a preferable term over "]" as it is held that the latter term is subject to various philosophical interpretations, vagueness, and manipulation. In 1992, the ], in ''United States of America v Wallace Ward'', ruled that replacing the word "truth" with "fully-integrated honesty" in the "honesty oath," used prior to testifying in court trials, is legally permissible. "The Neo-Tech oath" reads as follows: "''Do you affirm to speak with fully integrated Honesty, only with fully integrated Honesty and nothing but fully integrated Honesty?''" | |||
| ==The Zon Conjecture== | |||
| A "Zon," in Neo-Tech, is a "metaphorically-postulated" person who operates from a Neo-Tech/Neothink perspective. It is speculated by Neo-Tech writers that a neothinking Zon may have created this universe for profitable business purposes. Neo-Tech writings explicitly say that this is an "unproven speculation" (and therefore, by Neo-Tech's definition, a form of "mysticism"). | |||
| == Miscellaneous facts == | |||
| In ''The Neo-Tech Discovery,'' the following notice is printed: "The Neo-Tech Discovery will not be sold to professional value destroyers at any price. Those blackballed include all politicians and business quislings, most lawyers and news-media reporters, many bureaucrats, clergymen, and university professors." | |||
| The Neo-Tech website states that "Zonpower lets you become GOD even without a computer." (upper case is in the original) | |||
| DC Comics did a four-issue series based on Neo-Tech, featuring ], called "]," by ] (author of Batman comics, who happens to be an adherent of Neo-Tech philosophy) . | |||
| Neo-Tech philosophy was originally developed by ], a former senior research scientist for ]. According to Wallace, his original inspiration for Neo-Tech came as a result of his study of the cognitive aspects of the game of ]. | |||
| "Frank R. Wallace" is the pen-name of Wallace Ward. Wallace H. Ward (a son of Wallace Ward) also writes under a pen-name: Mark Hamilton. Some observers find this use of pseudonyms and alleged use of others to be at odds with Neo-Tech's self-description of "fully integrated honesty". | |||
| The article, "''Consciousness: The End of False Authority'' by Dr. Frank R. Wallace won the first place National Writer's Club Award as best nonfiction article of 1980. | |||
| Ray Kotobuki, the author of ''Neo-Tech: The Philosophical Zero'' is actually philosopher ], writing under a pen-name. | |||
| The word "Neo-Tech" was trademarked by ] on December 27, 2005. | |||
| ==Books== | |||
| ] is the main publisher of books and articles authored by those who support the philosophy, including the owners and some employees of the company. Other proponents of this philosophy have also furnished books and materials through other publishers (Some affiliated with Neo-Tech Publishing and some not). The Neo-Tech philosophy existed, and was called "Neo-Tech," several years before the original promulgator, I&O Publishing, was renamed to Neo-Tech Publishing to match the namesake of the philosophy. | |||
| *Frank R. Wallace, ''The Neo-Tech Discovery'', Neo-tech Publishing (Originally published in 1975 by I&O Publishing and is the largest commercial success. Translated versions have been printed in Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Serbo-Croatian, and Spanish.) | |||
| *Charles Beeler, Wolf Kahn, ''Strange City: The Future of Neo-Tech'', Xlibris ''(Note: is a ] ] house.)'' | |||
| *Mark Hamilton, ''Neo-Tech Business Control'', Neo-Tech Publishing | |||
| *Eric Savage, ''Neo-Tech Instructions'', Black & White Pub Co. (1985) | |||
| *Eric Savage, ''How to Build a Global Business Empire'' | |||
| *Mark Hamilton, ''Profound Honesty: Outcompete God and Government'', Neo-Tech Publishing | |||
| *Brett Peters, ''Neo-Tech Protection Kit'', Neo-Tech Publishing | |||
| *Mark Hamilton, ''Will America Go Neo-Tech?'', Integrated Management Associates (1995) | |||
| *Mark Hamilton, ''God-Man: Our Final Evolution'', Integrated Management Associates (1998) | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| ===Official Neo-Tech material=== | |||
| * | |||
| * | |||
| * | |||
| * (includes Foreign Language Translations of the Neo-Tech Discovery) | |||
| * by Carl Watner | |||
| ===Unofficial material related to Neo-Tech=== | |||
| * | |||
| * | |||
| * | |||
| * (Denounced by official Neo-Tech website as a "Costly Fraud Trap") | |||
| * | |||
| * Neo-Tech Party Discussion Board | |||
| * Former Neo-Tech Publishing Employee talks about his Neo-Tech experience and insights | |||
| * by Holly Holliday - An integrated fairy tale adventure story written from a Neo-Tech perspective by a Neo-Techian author | |||
| ===Criticisms=== | |||
| * | |||
| * | |||
| * , in the form of ]. | |||
| * | |||
| ** Including a section on a fictitious political party called . Also in . | |||
| * | |||
| * - a Usenet questions and answers list by a person calling himself "The King of all Heretics". Contains meta-information, rumours about the people behind the Neo-Tech books, and some quotes from the books. | |||
| * calls Neo-Tech a "Scientology-like Internet cult" | |||
| * -- Usenet post claiming that advocates of Neo-Tech are spamming numerous Usenet groups with Neo-Tech material | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
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