All nooz ta me as I didn't know 'bout this "Monk"--methinks HE was likely sincere/well-meanin' but some of his pals were gawd-awful eugenicists--includin' the talented SOB Ruskin! SADLY da Monk should'a kept ta his Mono-Stare-y b/c his concept of "a global framework for peace" / League of Nations/UN put us in the hellscape we now find ourselfs... Hard pill ta swaller that the early movement ta re-establish Israel got linked (fer worse not better) to the One World Gubbamint movement... ironically statehood should not lead ta such globalist aspirations... How Strange!
One of Monk’s backers mentioned in the Lambert biography but not in your article, is Moses Montefiore. He was a British Jewish restorationist who invested a great deal of time,money and influence in bringing the issue to the attention of the British elite and corresponded with Queen Victoria on the subject. He was knighted (order of St. John), made a sheriff of the City of London (essentially an administrative and legal authority of the city reporting to the monarch) and a Baronet. As a Freemason he was a member of the Grand Lodge of England (Scottish rite) and created the Grand Lodge of Israel the very same year B’nai B’rith was founded in the US.
He was also instrumental along with Nathan Rothschild in raising £20M for the British government to pay compensation to the British slave owners for abolition. Of course, British politicians of the time were the major slave holders and rewarded themselves handsomely. In fact the British treasury boasted in a tweet in 2018 that this loan had now been paid off. So many descendants of those slaves have been paying taxes to pay off the compensation given to the slave owners. Irony meter goes stratospheric!
He was also president of the British board of Jewish deputies which is still an influential organisation that liases/influences the government today. Looking at the creation of that board in 1760 you come across Jewish interests and directorships in the British East India company and the purchase of land in South Carolina in addition to knights of St. John, Scottish rite freemasonry, connections to Amsterdam and Spanish and Portuguese Marranos.
I do not use GPT as an encyclopedia, as it is limited to its training. For the most part, I use it as a LANGUAGE ENGINE. It's very good at taking material that you give it, and working with it. Its knowledge base, especially with fringe topics is hit and miss.
There’s a lot of material on him. Various biographies which look to be non critical. I found evidence of his freemasonry from an extract of a speech given by Professor Aubrey Newman on “Jews in English Freemasonry “ from the JCR-UK (Jewish community records) https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/england_articles/Jews_in_English_Freemasonry.htm which is a fascinating article in itself tracing Jewish involvement in freemasonry back to the 1720’s.
ChatGPT insists that Henry Monk was also involved in freemasonry in Canada but actual evidence of this is hard to come by. ChatGPT often makes stuff up. The best I can find so far is that a Henry Monk was suspended from membership of Excelsior lodge Morrisburg Ontario in 1875 for non payment of dues. The Lambert biography places him in Ontario at that time but the March township of his family is just west of Ottawa. Logically, you would expect him to be a member in Ottawa, which he maybe was but that would require access to archival documents held by the Grand Lodge of Canada which are not online.
My thesis is that this type of rhetoric* illustrates the weakness in linguistic discipline that is the effect of 2000 years of epistemological warfare. We can all do better (I am not immune). Remedies are illustrated below.
* "Cause-Effect Complex Equivalence" or as I call it "if/then=because."
To break down the cause-effect complex equivalency in this statement and eliminate the linguistic fallacies, we need to identify the implicit assumptions and logical gaps and suggest ways to restructure the argument for clarity and intellectual rigor.
Original Cause-Effect Complex Equivalency
"In order to demonstrate the most important quality of a critical thinker, intellectual humility, the collaborators of the Conspiracy Test site are invited to respond to this test... If not, then the self-described critical thinking experts will show they are not who they claim to be and, sadly, that would seem to preclude any possibility of an intelligent, open-minded discussion about an important subject."
1. Implicit Cause-Effect Chains
Premise: Responding to this test demonstrates intellectual humility.
Fallacy: This assumes that intellectual humility can only or primarily be demonstrated by engaging with this specific test, which is a false equivalence.
Solution: Redefine the parameters of intellectual humility to include a broader range of actions or decisions, such as respectfully declining the test with valid reasoning.
Premise: Not responding to the test proves a lack of intellectual humility.
Fallacy: This is a false dichotomy that excludes other possible reasons for non-participation, such as disagreement with the test's framing or focus.
Solution: Acknowledge the possibility of valid alternative reasons for non-participation and avoid equating non-response with a lack of intellectual humility.
Premise: A lack of response precludes intelligent, open-minded discussion.
Fallacy: This is a slippery slope argument that assumes non-engagement in this specific context means the person is entirely incapable of meaningful discourse.
Solution: Separate the assessment of intellectual humility from the outcome of broader discussions and avoid overgeneralizing the implications of a single action.
2. Embedded Linguistic Fallacies
Presupposition: The test is a definitive measure of intellectual humility.
Solution: Challenge the presupposition by clarifying that intellectual humility is a multifaceted quality that cannot be reduced to a single test or action.
Generalization: All "self-described critical thinking experts" must engage with this test to prove their claims.
Solution: Avoid overgeneralizations by acknowledging individual differences in how critical thinking and intellectual humility may manifest.
Loaded Language: Phrases like "self-described critical thinking experts" and "sadly" carry implicit judgments and biases.
Solution: Use neutral language that invites discussion rather than preemptively dismissing those who might choose not to participate.
Complex Equivalency: "Not responding = lack of humility = no intelligent discussion."
Solution: Break this equivalency into discrete elements and evaluate each step independently. For example:
Why might someone not respond?
How else might humility be demonstrated?
Is intelligent discussion contingent on a single action?
3. Revised Framing
To eliminate linguistic fallacies and ensure intellectual rigor, the argument could be reframed as follows:
"To explore the concept of intellectual humility, collaborators of the Conspiracy Test site are invited to engage with this test. While participation may provide insights into individual approaches to critical thinking, we acknowledge that intellectual humility can manifest in diverse ways. We hope this test serves as a starting point for thoughtful and open-minded discussion on this important subject, regardless of whether individuals choose to engage."
This revised framing avoids assumptions, generalizations, and false equivalencies, creating space for genuine dialogue.
All nooz ta me as I didn't know 'bout this "Monk"--methinks HE was likely sincere/well-meanin' but some of his pals were gawd-awful eugenicists--includin' the talented SOB Ruskin! SADLY da Monk should'a kept ta his Mono-Stare-y b/c his concept of "a global framework for peace" / League of Nations/UN put us in the hellscape we now find ourselfs... Hard pill ta swaller that the early movement ta re-establish Israel got linked (fer worse not better) to the One World Gubbamint movement... ironically statehood should not lead ta such globalist aspirations... How Strange!
1756 - 1763 The French and Indian War/Seven Years War, actually a World War between Britain and France.
1775 - 1780 American Revolution, war between Britain and her American colonies
1812 Another war with Britain
1864 America's Civil War where Britain backs the Confederacy.
Obviously world peace requires a Jewish homeland. Hey.
(Note Ruskin's hidden hand.)
Wasn't British Israelism a significant force in politics on both sides of The Atlantic in the nineteenth century?
Monk very much reminds me of one of his contemporaries, Laurence Oliphant:
"When a Stone Begins to Roll: Notes of an Adventurer, Diplomat & Mystic"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13034409-when-a-stone-begins-to-roll
The Palestinian children absorbed all the 'blows' in the form of gunshots to the head and upper torso.
yup
One of Monk’s backers mentioned in the Lambert biography but not in your article, is Moses Montefiore. He was a British Jewish restorationist who invested a great deal of time,money and influence in bringing the issue to the attention of the British elite and corresponded with Queen Victoria on the subject. He was knighted (order of St. John), made a sheriff of the City of London (essentially an administrative and legal authority of the city reporting to the monarch) and a Baronet. As a Freemason he was a member of the Grand Lodge of England (Scottish rite) and created the Grand Lodge of Israel the very same year B’nai B’rith was founded in the US.
He was also instrumental along with Nathan Rothschild in raising £20M for the British government to pay compensation to the British slave owners for abolition. Of course, British politicians of the time were the major slave holders and rewarded themselves handsomely. In fact the British treasury boasted in a tweet in 2018 that this loan had now been paid off. So many descendants of those slaves have been paying taxes to pay off the compensation given to the slave owners. Irony meter goes stratospheric!
He was also president of the British board of Jewish deputies which is still an influential organisation that liases/influences the government today. Looking at the creation of that board in 1760 you come across Jewish interests and directorships in the British East India company and the purchase of land in South Carolina in addition to knights of St. John, Scottish rite freemasonry, connections to Amsterdam and Spanish and Portuguese Marranos.
I do not use GPT as an encyclopedia, as it is limited to its training. For the most part, I use it as a LANGUAGE ENGINE. It's very good at taking material that you give it, and working with it. Its knowledge base, especially with fringe topics is hit and miss.
also, Montefiore, "Mount Flower" is Bloomberg in German...
Isn’t that interesting!
Joachim of Fiore seems to have been influential in the new age and millennial thinking.
I can add him. I read the book over a year ago, and the GPT missed him.
There’s a lot of material on him. Various biographies which look to be non critical. I found evidence of his freemasonry from an extract of a speech given by Professor Aubrey Newman on “Jews in English Freemasonry “ from the JCR-UK (Jewish community records) https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/england_articles/Jews_in_English_Freemasonry.htm which is a fascinating article in itself tracing Jewish involvement in freemasonry back to the 1720’s.
ChatGPT insists that Henry Monk was also involved in freemasonry in Canada but actual evidence of this is hard to come by. ChatGPT often makes stuff up. The best I can find so far is that a Henry Monk was suspended from membership of Excelsior lodge Morrisburg Ontario in 1875 for non payment of dues. The Lambert biography places him in Ontario at that time but the March township of his family is just west of Ottawa. Logically, you would expect him to be a member in Ottawa, which he maybe was but that would require access to archival documents held by the Grand Lodge of Canada which are not online.
My thesis is that this type of rhetoric* illustrates the weakness in linguistic discipline that is the effect of 2000 years of epistemological warfare. We can all do better (I am not immune). Remedies are illustrated below.
* "Cause-Effect Complex Equivalence" or as I call it "if/then=because."
To break down the cause-effect complex equivalency in this statement and eliminate the linguistic fallacies, we need to identify the implicit assumptions and logical gaps and suggest ways to restructure the argument for clarity and intellectual rigor.
Original Cause-Effect Complex Equivalency
"In order to demonstrate the most important quality of a critical thinker, intellectual humility, the collaborators of the Conspiracy Test site are invited to respond to this test... If not, then the self-described critical thinking experts will show they are not who they claim to be and, sadly, that would seem to preclude any possibility of an intelligent, open-minded discussion about an important subject."
1. Implicit Cause-Effect Chains
Premise: Responding to this test demonstrates intellectual humility.
Fallacy: This assumes that intellectual humility can only or primarily be demonstrated by engaging with this specific test, which is a false equivalence.
Solution: Redefine the parameters of intellectual humility to include a broader range of actions or decisions, such as respectfully declining the test with valid reasoning.
Premise: Not responding to the test proves a lack of intellectual humility.
Fallacy: This is a false dichotomy that excludes other possible reasons for non-participation, such as disagreement with the test's framing or focus.
Solution: Acknowledge the possibility of valid alternative reasons for non-participation and avoid equating non-response with a lack of intellectual humility.
Premise: A lack of response precludes intelligent, open-minded discussion.
Fallacy: This is a slippery slope argument that assumes non-engagement in this specific context means the person is entirely incapable of meaningful discourse.
Solution: Separate the assessment of intellectual humility from the outcome of broader discussions and avoid overgeneralizing the implications of a single action.
2. Embedded Linguistic Fallacies
Presupposition: The test is a definitive measure of intellectual humility.
Solution: Challenge the presupposition by clarifying that intellectual humility is a multifaceted quality that cannot be reduced to a single test or action.
Generalization: All "self-described critical thinking experts" must engage with this test to prove their claims.
Solution: Avoid overgeneralizations by acknowledging individual differences in how critical thinking and intellectual humility may manifest.
Loaded Language: Phrases like "self-described critical thinking experts" and "sadly" carry implicit judgments and biases.
Solution: Use neutral language that invites discussion rather than preemptively dismissing those who might choose not to participate.
Complex Equivalency: "Not responding = lack of humility = no intelligent discussion."
Solution: Break this equivalency into discrete elements and evaluate each step independently. For example:
Why might someone not respond?
How else might humility be demonstrated?
Is intelligent discussion contingent on a single action?
3. Revised Framing
To eliminate linguistic fallacies and ensure intellectual rigor, the argument could be reframed as follows:
"To explore the concept of intellectual humility, collaborators of the Conspiracy Test site are invited to engage with this test. While participation may provide insights into individual approaches to critical thinking, we acknowledge that intellectual humility can manifest in diverse ways. We hope this test serves as a starting point for thoughtful and open-minded discussion on this important subject, regardless of whether individuals choose to engage."
This revised framing avoids assumptions, generalizations, and false equivalencies, creating space for genuine dialogue.