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The Zeitgeist Movement Knowledge Base
The Zeitgeist Movement Knowledge Base
Knowledge Base
1) Defining the goal
The second purpose of ZMKB is to verify and falsify all data gathered (in
the theorectical framework) about The Zeitgeist Movement. This will be
accomplished by the use of preexisting scientific data to either
corroborate the speculative notions of TZM or to either prove the notions
invalid.
This process of falsification and verification can then be used for two
purposes:
ZMKB is created upon Kuhn’s theory of paradigm shifts. Kuhn predicts that
theories who receive a lot of verification (to be proved correct) and little
falsification (to be proved incorrect) will continue to exist while ideas with
little verification and a lot of falsification cease to exit because they yield
little proof of correctness. As a theory continues to exist it will cause a
paradigm shift, a change of perspective within the people in a society.
The goal of ZMKB is thus the collection of verifying and falsifying data. If
the concepts of TZM prove to be high in verification and low in falsification
they will be perceived by the community as correct and will thus create a
change of perspective within these people.
Note that ZMKB is only interested in the gathering of data. The spread of
this objective data to the general population is under the complete control
of the activist division of the TZM movement.
It is time to shed all speculative notions and use valid sources for
argumentation if we are to be taken seriously.
2) Practical application
In this section we will discuss the practical application of our goal. In order
to gather the most information possible which can then undergo
verification and falsification we will use the internet as a medium. To be
more specific the goal is the creation of a website where all viable
information can be stored, accessed, downloaded and uploaded.
This first dimension of the database also known from this point on as the
‘the dimension of general overview’ contains a general overview of the
most basic principles and understandings of TZM. It is aimed at informing
and educating new and potential members. As to not overwhelm these
potential members condensed, clear-cut, and to the point information will
be offered.
1) Titel
2) Description
3) Key words
4) Rating
5) Comments
6) Discipline element
7) Subdiscipline element
8) The theoretical source
Exemplar:
TZM has an article that claims the society of the future will make use
of solar power which is stored in the theoretical framework. We cant
hen extrapolate certain key question which need to be verified or
falsified for instance:
The description will contain a summary (max 150 words) of the article.
Here anyone can post any comments about the featured article.
This section of the database will determine where the article belongs
within its respective disciplinary field, for instance: psychology, biology,
fysics, architecture, ...
This element of the database is created simply to view or download the file
which the article(s) in the database pertain to.
article 3
article 4
...
All one has to do here is to click on one of the discipline elements, one will
then be able to choose if he/she wants to see all articles relevant to this
discipline or if he/she wants to refine his search by choosing an additional
subscipline out of the subdiscipline elements.
In this search method one can use a combination of any of the elements of
the table (title, description, key words, discipline element,...) with as a
result having database tailored to the specific needs of this person.
Note that description, key words, ratings and comments are now no longer
aimed towards the article from the theoretical framework but towards the
scientific article which is now going to verify or falsify this theoretical
framework!
1) Titel
2) Description
3) Key words
4) Rating
5) Comments
6) Discipline element
7) Subdiscipline element
8) theoretical source
Titel descriptio key discipline subdiscip comment rating theorecti scienti rating verific
n words elements line cal fic ation
source source eleme
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article 3
article 4
article 5
Once data enter the theoretical framework, the title (in question form)
automatically appears upon the verification pending page. Similar to the
analysis pending page one can then click on a title in question form on the
verification pending page to verifiy it. Once it has been clicked it gets
excluded from the verification pendng page so no one verifies the same
question twice. When one has verified the question ea. found a scientific
artical proving the question correct or false it enters the scientific
database. One has to add the scientific source (upload the scientific
article) and add the verifification element
2.5) Membership
1) first name
2) last name
3) profession
4) diploma/degree
5) interests
6) e-mail
7) telephone number
8) place of residence