The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-16
MAN NOT An ANIMAL DECLARES
SGIENTIST WITH new Theory

BY FAuI NJ. WILSON,

SAN B&NcIsCo June 16.-
Most oil mimi race tragedies and
his pefspnat griefs are due TO the
fact that has conceived himseit
Al animal plus d spark Of dtvl1.
ifYAand has bhIlt his institutions
ON that sumption
coapi Alfred KofzybsId. distin.
sulshed Polish engineer and scieSI
fl-f who thus 6tates the 'immem.
orid error has set out To correct
Il b. apptyihg mathematical think.
my t6 human lie and human ac-
That man Is not an animal" is
MS ssaftlipg argument in q remark.
able book soon TO leave the press
Under the title Manhood OF HUI
inanits
HIS feaspning, which is placed
ty rs proponents on a par with
The dise1yettes Of Francis Newton,
has been endorsed by many lead
ing matheinaticlans and educators
ri the country
BY mathematics Korzybski has
demonstrated that a mistake as In.
rongtnous as adding three quarts
Of milk 70 three quarters Of a
mile has been responsible for all
wars. for animal law Of the sur
wal Of the tittest and for frenzied
competition for wealth and power.
Count KorzybsA divides all AMI.
mate things into three classes
yegetable; animal, human.
Three Kinds Of Life.
Reasoning as follows, he arrives
~ his conclusions-a basis for what
he toresees asa new Foundation for
econstrnction and for a new civi.
iszattons
He calls man a time binder.
Anirnais space binders. Vegetables,
energy binders.
There are three different kinds
OF life FIRST the vegetable, which
stores up energy but does not move
and has no freedom in space. Thus
we may term vegetables as the
chemistry or energy.bindtng class
of ne.
Second, the animal, living di.
rettly or Indirectly from the energy
stoted by thegvegetable, is In many
My similar TO the vegetable, but
has the dimensional difference OF
ietpg able to- move in space, and,
rs therefore, % space-binder. But
animals have no conception Of time.
They have no science; they have
Invented no time.saving devices.
Each generation begins where tue
sbet began.
Third mar; who has many sim.
ilaftsies to animals, but has the fun.
ialnentai4 dimensional difference of
i,eins abielto profit by the accumu.
lated experiences OF the past. He
binds the past tosthe future in his
rferS moment, "A man invents a
nachtne; his son perfects 1t. Man
thus the Hme:binding class OF
Three Dimensions.
Tfe three classes Of life, says
Eogzybsh, are of three distinct di.
mentions. Dimensions cannot be
mixed Three quarters Of a mile
annot be l~subtracted from or added
81 three quarts Of milk. Space.
binding and ume.hinding dlmen.
sions are equally distinct. Yet,
Korzsbski; In all attempts to
regulate human conduct through
theology or force this plain mathe-
lnatical tact has been ignored.
We have assumed" says Kor.
Sbshi that man Is an animal, hut,
becatseh he does not always act like
an animal wessay he is an animal
spark OF supernatural. That
like saying:
sone square inch equals one
linear inch plus one cubic inch.
Tile dimensions are all mixed
up WI are trying to add things
that cannot be added. We say
man an animal plus a certain
spark OF divinity; hence we build
ails for the animal and churches
tpf Me spark.
That IS why tIc books Of hui.
niauitybnevef balance. They have
20 be thrown away every 80 often
md new start made. This pro.
ress IS called revolution.
Twenty mules pulling together
o the work OF fifteen mules be.
ealsethey get In each others way.
wentY men working together do
he work OF thousands Of men be.
ause they profit by past time
nent by past generations in their
Experiences and invent time.saving
machines!
Equations Wrong.
Practically all OF civilization has
peen an attempt to acquire the pos.
sessionSof material or space, known
y territory But possession doesn't
bind time merely space. This is
principle suited to a world OF
competitiph on an animal basis.
bat not according to the natural,