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manifest that in our civilization the
mechanical forces have got ahead of
the normal (and intellectuaD forces,
Man IS mounted upon a bigger horse
than he can ride The ohvsicaI !
sciences have evidently been deyeloped
so far beyond the political land sociaD
forces as to constitute a menace to
civilization. The modern man, like the
arabian fisherman. has liberated from
the bottle genii that he does not know
now 10 control. Science has
endowed man with the power of super
men, but his mind remains human, all
human. He Is like a pauper come into
fortune. a laborer who has been put
INTO the position Of boss OF the shop, a
private promoted to command a regi-
ment, slave made master Of slaves.
Man has had no training for such re-
Sponsipilities as have now been thrust
upon him. This new command OF time
and space, this mastery of unknown
forces, this apparition of new perils,
this entrance into untried fields
all these are too much for the modern
man"
One-Quarter Scientific.
The point of this brilliant generali-
cation is that knowledge Is at loose
ends, lacking the controls that would
make it work together. 1t is as though
an electrical power plant which de-
VelopS a gigantic voltage we're to light
an apartment house without the inter
vention of transformers. The apart
ment house and the tenants thereof
would go up in smoke. Well there are
those who say that the world will be
quite as badly of unless we can better
adjust science to our needs.
What has happened must be plain to
all. Today about a quarter of mans
life is scientific; the rest is hit-or- miss.
He surrounds himself with the latest
machinery and he hasn't the knowledge
to make it work up to his expectations.
He produces enough food to feed the
world and is surprised that portions of
the world are famished He relieves
himself of drudgery and cannot under
stand why he is not happy. He builds
car that will take him anywhere and
then does not know where to go. BY
radio he can learn much and is content
to be merely amused
Tee situation has become still more
comp 'eX Even time and space, old
familic" friends, have lost their identity
For not time and space, out time-space
is the new terminology. Chemistry and
physics are merged to an extent that is
bewildering to student of 25 years ago
The atom, we are told by Prof. Millikan
and others, is not the simple unit we
used to think it. but vast universe in
itself Now comes Prof. Einstein with
talk of five dimensions, which to the
man in the street is much like saying
that a human being has not five but
seven toes. 1t is all very confusing.
Different Kind of Psychology.
Poor man. despite such embarrass-
Ynents is all for making science the
guide of his life. Unfortunately he has
adopted certain methods Of science
without understanding the spirit Of sci.
ence and has been trying to apply then
10 many of his activities. 1t is nAtu.
raj tendency, considering what large
part is played in the world by industry
The technology of manufacture, leading
TO marvellous achievements, has inspired
the hope that a similar technology car
be developed for other fields. !
A cropping for something Of the Sor
Ncas seen when. business salesmen
sai-siks upon psychology as q supposed
l. H4laeat Of science, thought they nac