Question: Hello, Lyn. I'm from San Leandro. After the Iraq War started, you said that we were experiencing a Riemannian phase-shift, and I was wondering if you could elaborate on that? And how can we be the most efficient organizers, right now? Because, I have seen among members, I've seen a change in the way they react to the situation, and I've seen some, a little escapism, in terms of--.

LaRouche: Well, you'll see that. That happens you know. People sometimes slip on the sidewalk.

Riemannian: very simple. By Riemannian phase-shift, I mean exactly what I said. I think it's fairly clear--clear, at least from the standpoint of description. It's a question of how good is the grasp, of what I've said.

By Riemannian, we simply mean that there are no definitions, axioms, or postulates in the universe. We don't accept any of them, as Riemann said himself. We recognize only those ideas, which are experimentally validated as universal principles. And we replace the idea of dimensions, by these concepts.

Now, a Riemannian universe is not simply a fixed universe, at least not for man.  Every time we discover a new universal principle, we change the geometry of our universe, in terms of the way we act within the universe. And, the universe changes for us, because we're acting differently. These changes mean downshifts and upshifts: If you have a loss of principles in practice, your society will decay. Then, if you have an addition of valid discoveries of principles, or rediscovery of principles, and you practice them, the power of man per capita in the universe, will tend to increase.  Society will improve.

So, a Riemannian phase-shift, to me, is: I'm always focussed on these questions of how we discover, and apply, or lose, ideas of principle, which man should have. And therefore, whenever you have one of these changes, a shift, I refer to this as a Riemannian phase-shift: That is, it's not a change within a fixed set of definitions, axioms, and postulates; but it's a change in the axioms, and a change in the axioms underlying a system, is what we mean by a Riemannian phase-shift.

It also involves a notion of a change in curvature, of the universe; at least the universe of our action on the universe. Hmm?

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