Paradigm Paralysis

PARADIGM PARALYSIS The Swiss, for most of the 20th century, were pioneers in the trade of watch making. They dominated the industry, no other country produced watches that were more in demand. However, due to a simple yet remarkable innovation, this changed. The innovation of Quartz as a means of keeping track of time would become the most common method used to construct watches in the modern era. The inventor was a Canadian born engineer …

…ideas that are addressed, are so ingrained in the minds of these people that only a dramatic shift in their state of mind will allow them to understand it in the context of what Commoner and Ingram are arguing. Therefore, the current state of these ideas is a testament of the ability of their outward simplicity, explanatory power, and authority to destroy any doubts concerning their truths, which is the establishing factor of their paralysis.