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In order to apply a successful standard of rightness to human action, we must first know what the standard is and how it works, in detail.

In physics, something is determined to be right when it fulfills two thresholds simultaneously: It must be TRUE and it must be VALID. We know that something is true when it is observable, repeatable, and verifiable if necessary, with the use of a non-volitional receiver.

So that brings us to the second element of determining rightness: validity. What is validity? And what is meant by the word valid?

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Is there any agreement as to how to determine truth between the religions or even within the religious sects? No, there isn’t. Do our philosophers agree as to how to determine truth? Do our economists agree as to how to determine truth? Do our educators, our law makers, or our doctors agree as to how to determine truth?

No, they do not. And, we can see that, because they do not agree as to how to determine truth, we have not solved any of the social problems—ever.

But our physicists do agree on what is true. So, what is true in physics?

Do you ever wake up in a cold sweat worrying about what Genghis Khan is going to do to you? No? But Genghis Khan is infamous for being the most successful, most brutal conqueror, destroyer, and plunderer in history. So why not?

In Episode 11 of The Rational Apprentice Podcast, I discuss the meaning of the word “importance” and apply it to the thinkers, the builders, and the destroyers throughout our history—all in the pursuit of the first test for Absolute Rightness.

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In order for humanity to progress, we must discover and adopt a more sophisticated and reliable standard of rightness than the relative standard we’ve always relied on in our daily lives.

That reliable standard of rightness has a long history of success in the physical sciences, it is a standard of rightness that we call simply the “Absolute Standard Of Rightness.”

Time is the great decider when it comes to who or what is right and wrong.

Can you imagine what progress Humanity could have made were the denounced scholars in our history been allowed to continue their work? How much further along would we be now had there been some method of determining “rightness” sooner—or immediately upon their scientific disclosure?

Is that possible?

Well, that’s what we are talking about in No.9 of The Rational Apprentice Podcast: “How Do You Know You Are Right?”

It’s not difficult to call “A” a thief when he is stealing a hypothetical car from “C” but when “A” and “C” become real people in real situations, will it be more difficult for us to maintain our convictions.

If you are currently of the opinion that theft is always wrong or that slavery is always wrong, let’s see if your opinion changes or falters.

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Our new company is “Subjugation, Inc.” and our mission is simple and unary: To enslave as many people as possible.

Now just how do we go about doing that?

Can you come up with an example from the past when an innovation that made true positive change for mankind first required the destruction of what came before it in order to be built or marketed?

And can you come up with an example from the past when we have experienced true positive change for mankind as a result of forced change--where something is first destroyed, outlawed, or taxed into oblivion in order to enact that change?

In this 6th episode of The Rational Apprentice Podcast, we discuss whether the idea that you must "destroy to build" is valid or empirically true.

When we discuss topics such as theft or slavery, most of us would probably agree that there is some universal, some objective view as to what constitutes theft and slavery and some universal, some objective view as to whether they are good or bad.

But this turns out to be far from true—the best we can say is that theft and slavery adhere to a triad of probabilities when it comes to rightness and wrongness.

Using our derived operational definition of property, we will define both theft and slavery and determine, without qualification, what they are and what they are not.

Which statement would you most agree with:

Could some stealing be “good stealing” and how can we answer this question and know, absolutely, whether we are right?

In this fourth episode of The Rational Apprentice Podcast, we explore these ideas by discussing the most primary concept: property. Where does property come from? How is it made? Who owns what, and how do we know?