Essay:The Invisible Hand of Insight
The invisible hand of insight is an unseen force of productivity that results when problems of an intellectual or academic nature are approached in an open-minded and logical manner by those open to God's wisdom. This approach results in insight. This concept was first discovered and developed on Conservapedia.
The invisible hand of insight is more difficult to observe in action than the economic "invisible hand" identified by Adam Smith. As insight is more difficult to quantify than tangible economic gains, it is frequently discounted, particularly by those who deny the validity of God-given insight. However, it must be remembered that the increased productivity identified by Smith is largely the result of insight. Smith's failure to identify or appreciate the spiritual aspects of the "invisible hand" may have been the result of his own skepticism concerning the Christian God; lacking that insight, his theory would necessarily remain incomplete.
Key elements of the invisible hand of insight include:
- insight leads to innovation; innovation, in turn, leads to increased productivity and a higher quality of life
- insight is more powerful than education. The educated man who lacks insight rejects possibilities without considering them; the insightful man who lacks education explores possibilities, and so becomes educated.
- insight is available to all who earnestly seek it. It is not subject to control by elite gate-keepers. Thus, it has historically been considered a threat by those gate-keepers. The authors of the New Testament were persecuted for their insight by the ruling elites; those who challenge the orthodoxy of the scientific community today are seen as a threat and persecuted.
- The invisible hand of insight, like the other invisible hands, is an illustration of the best of the public principle in action. Since insight is available to everyone, and cannot be restricted in the same way formal education can, an insight-based inquiry permits everyone to participate, thus eliminating the groupthink and preconceptions which frequently dominate inquiries by "experts."
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