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at, why things decay, etc. Yet there is one Outstand- ing contradiction to this law and that is organic life, which obviously pro- gresses from the simple to the complex,.6rom disorder to order. The mechanism by which this is accomplished is called~evnlutlgn, and is executed by means of instinct. That"s, cows REVEF‘Ehink to stop grazi- ng and begin devouring mi- cc and rabbits, and cats. never think of living a life of grazing. In this way the upward negentropy' process continues unhinde- Wred. Then consciousness evolvei to a point of self consciousness and the reié ns of'instinct were broken.

“Che "stilider" Once under the

directive tow of the pare- nt plane, has been out fr- ee. ﬂow it becomes subject once again, to the laws of entropy. it can ghoone.lt can ride the thermals and soar to dizzying heiihts, or plunge to earth in a

wee GADRE', was... NOV". 13.-.-.1973,-na.ge 9.2

Spiral dive. It is without behavioural bounds to keep itself from the road of in- creasing disorder, from entropy, from self-extinc- tion; which now becomes apparent as a logical cho— ice.

So societies form,_cu1tur- es evolve, laws are formed The species has entered the most crucial point of it existence, it is on the threshold of self-evolvem-

ent. But just as a clock runs down and buildings decay, man too is now sub- jeet to the easier tenden- cy of running down° It's easier to fall than to get up, easier to walk than to

. run, easier not to think

than to think, e.sier to destroy than to build up; easier for destructive th- ought than for constructi— ve thought. That is becau- se energy is constantly being subtracted from our every act. “0 destroy is to merely act in the dire-

‘In your own way. In your oWn time. On your own tonne. Ibu’II take to the taste ofPIayors HIter.

ction of least energy exp— enditure. Instinct once

prevented us from possibly complying with the easier

.way.

how we find a new myster- ious entity among us. Some call it evil, some the DE- VIL, some call it man's nature or character. Yet it is none of these. It is only indicative of the fa- ct that man is ON HIS OWN. Now the instinctive purpo- se has been erased, as man must discover his CONSCIO- US PURPOSE . He is like an awkward baby trying to ma- 1k° He falls, he knocks things down, breaks them. Each and every act and th- ought, to continue along the evolving trends erran- ic life, must eXpand extra energy to first overcome the tendency to fall, to drift to disorder° Man is now at the bottom level of his conscious evolution which can be pictured as an inverted funnel. At the lowest level, free will can choose a myriad of po- ssibilities all around him. Yet only a few are constr- uctive, negentropic, and lead him upward. The fart— her up he progresses, the fewer possibilities are afforded him as the destr- uctive possibilities beco- “a less and less viable to him. _

Finally, ultimately, he has entered the narrow tu— be of finality where only constructiVe possibilities exist and man troncends himsel? onto....what? Some well this process "doing the will of 70d", Otwsrﬂ " che'vins conscious purp- Osm." ﬁhetever, one can ism-é what we. fig‘ni, whet ﬁrm;s man dowo, perVerts-

his creations to destruct—

ive implmrenhs, chntnrtﬁ his face in hate, clenches his fists; why he strikes down his brother, his mot— l'lr-‘I’ ("Z‘lr‘ii‘l2’ an}. what settl- es him Tinally in his gra- ve. it's his own limited perceptions, his still in- matnre mind; as he staﬂie-

rs at the threshold, falt- ers at the doorway to his

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MICHEL To KLEWIN

' DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY?i

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'90Cersor of Philosophy, Trent Universitw

DR. lIONEL RUBINOFF

Fwthnr of "The Tornography o? Fewer"

to speak on a

technological society’. Thur. Nov. 15 8:30 PM DUFFY AMPH.