If Individuals can be controlled, Society does not need to change

Since reading Arthur Keostler's novels "The Act of Creation" and "Ghost in the Machine" around 30 years ago, I have always left the sections about separated frog legs moving by themselves, and the "Ha" reaction to contradictions in the brain, unconnected.

However, recently I suddenly realized the connection, and I don't remember Koestler having explained the connection very well.

The explanation that I suddenly realized was: The frog legs moving by themselves when separated from the rest of the frog's body was an example of an autonomous system that didn't have any use by itself, and did have a use when connected to the rest of the system, (the frog's body). The use being giving the frog mobility.

The two reactions that are part of the "Aha" reaction, the "Ah" reaction and the "Ha" reaction, could be considered as not having very much use by themselves, and are sort of useless emotional reactions to life occurrences as perceived by the individual's human brain. However, these reactions have a very vital existence when integrated into a vital system, the "Aha", (discovery of something new), reaction, that keeps life moving forward, and is needed so that life can exist.

Behaviorism might have sought to break down Whole Systems Thinking, (for example, Freud), in order to help Western exploitative corporate science not deal with the psychology, thinking, lives, and individuality of persons, or the existence of a society where individual persons have value within. Behaviorism might have sought to enforce the goal of "We can control individual behavior, so that Society isn't changed", however, the view of Keostler's research that I have just expressed demonstrates that Society is to be regarded as a Whole System that enhances the value of Individuals, and that is where persons find their value, and that value intrinsically is non-deniable to Individuals.