What is a LogicZombie?
This essay deals with very important aspects of our daily life. Not only speakers, news anchors, politicians and people you generally expect to see facing a camera. This affects YOU and ME and all the normal people, the "average Joe" so to speak. Lets talk about the attention grabbing title I know it looks like the name of the latest RPG aimed at math lovers. Its two words- Logic & Zombie. The definitions according to the Cambridge Dictionary are
Logic: a particular way of thinking, especially one that is reasonable and based on good judgment
Zombie: creature that is a dead person who has been brought back to life, but without human qualities
It is apparent that these words represent opposing qualities, but today this is normal- Decaf Coffee, Non Alcoholic Beer, bottled spring water, war for peace, etc. It is with great difficulty that I have held back comments on the criminal idiocy of politicians. The point is this term is well made for the times and can mean either - People/ situation where human beings act bereft of logic Or Persons in an emotionless pursuit to think and see logically. You do understand that both these definitions arise from the fact that we encounter such unreasonable people and situations that are impossible to explain and require counter with dispassionate and unbiased logic to get to the facts.
We might as well define LogicZombie as a the person who goes for facts and reason to cut through the bullshit in front of him. It is a rare species, and many parties want it extinct- Journalists making fake headlines or twisting the facts, politicians who are compulsive liars and utterly selfish, dictators, Tech companies And Enforcement agencies that want your every detail exposed, all the time for their cameras and microphones, inept bureaucrats, etc. the list is pretty long, believe me.
OK before we can talk of the LogicZombie phenomenon as a defense rising out of the society who is tired of being fooled into making illogical and self-harming decisions which affect our daily life (as stated in the beginning) let us look at some really bad shit that could have been avoided had there been a company of LogicZombies active among us. The easiest way is to look at our political leaders. Why politicians? They have been lying so hard and fast recently the social science experts have termed our time as infected by - Post-Truth Politics and it has gotten worse.
The Nazi propaganda against Jews being anti-national and for the Aryan supremacy theory
The reasons for the Vietnam war
The Chernobyl disaster cover-up
Watergate scandal
The propaganda of WMDs in Iraq
Banks being bailed out with Billions of dollars worth of "help" for The Good Of The Common Man and stability of the Global Economy
By the list above I do not mean that the politicians are the worst liars. Take the medical and pharmaceutical industry as another example in dire need of LogicZombies. Today the world faces an unprecedented epidemic- a man made plague- the Opioid addiction. Everybody from the manufacturers to the dealer associations, industry councils, doctors, news people, marketing agencies and even scientists putting forward statistical surveys have been proven Liars; making easy money by duping patients was the aim. Sorry; Is the aim. It is still spreading and the companies are now making drugs to wean people off opioid addiction- more money.
LogicZombies were there always, only they were isolated people fighting for what is right, to bring out the truth. Our need has progressed to a level requiring a response of a whole new type, thanks to the internet and the social media. With unregulated content coloring our thoughts everyday via the dozen social media platforms and messengers on our phones, to reach the truth is no easy task. We need to leverage the same easy reach of the social media for finding out the truth. You can take your pick of causes- Anti-War, Vegan food, Obesity epidemic, child deaths, Apartheid, Banking Monopolies, etc. And then CONTRIBUTE your bit of truth, if not that- vocal support for the LogicZombie, if not that- anonymous endorsement, if not that- donate money.
The time for action is now. There are no by standers in this context- only willing victims; humans are prone to such behavior- like a doctor smoking cigarettes.
I should have named this article: What is a LogicZombie and why is he/she here? but the contest has already named the piece - https://steemit.com/contest/@logiczombie/200-steem-essay-writing-contest-what-s-a-logiczombie To end with a famous quote:
