Ismcentrism

[s~Z]

"This grasping of the whole is obviously the aim of science as well,  but it
is a goal that necessarily lies very far off because science, whenever
possible, proceeds experimentally and in all cases statistically.
Experiment, however consists in asking a definite question which excludes as
far as possible anything disturbing and irrelevant.  It makes conditions,
imposes them on nature, and in this way forces her to give an answer to a
question devised by man.  She is prevented from answering out of the
fullness of her possibilities since these possibilities are restricted as
far as practicable.  For this purpose there is created in the laboratory a
situation which is artificially restricted to the question and which compels
Nature to give an uniquivocal answer.  The workings of Nature in her
unrestricted wholeness are comPLEtely excluded.  If we want to know what
these workings are, we need a method of inquiry which imposes the fewest
possible conditions, or if possible no conditions at all, and then leaves
Nature to answer out of her fullness."

--C.G. Jung, The Structure And Dynamics Of The Psyche/Synchronicity (p. 451)