Determinism Events within a given paradigm are bound by causality in such a way that any state of an object or event is determined by prior states. Every type of event, including human cognition (behavior, decision, and action) is causally determined by previous events.
Relativism Points of view have no absolute truth or validity, having only relative, subjective value according to differences in perception and consideration. Principles and ethics are regarded as applicable in only limited context.
Authoritarianism Submission to authority and opposed to individualism and democracy. An authoritarian government is one in which political power is concentrated in a leader who possesses exclusive, unaccountable, and arbitrary power.
Back in the day I took some drum lessons from a gentleman named Fred Petry. He’d probably be in his eighties today. Along with being a studio drummer, percussionist, and teacher, he’d also done lots of sound effects for WB back in the day. One afternoon after a lesson, he took me out to the garage and showed me his huge trap case of acoustic noisemakers. Things that clicked, things that clacked, things that clanged. A real timesuck. (Pun not intended at first.)
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The drum major for the University of Michigan marching band high-steps as a line children follow suit, 1950. (Alfred Eisenstaedt — Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
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