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What Is Nexialism?

Nexialism was first proposed by A.E. Van Vogt in 1950 in his book Destination Universe (also known as Voyage of the Space Beagle). The actual development has taken a course somewhat dissimilar to the fiction. Nexialism is applied generalization — from the word Nexus (connection) — the putting together of facts, techniques, and methods that have been separated into isolated specialties, back into a unified whole.

The invasion of chemistry via DNA into biology and the overwhelming promise of Genetic Engineering is probably the best current example of this process. The electronic invasion of Mechanical Engineering — with car ignition systems that last 100,000 miles — is another such example.

Mankind carved nature and "natural science" into specialties so that one person could excel in one small area. But with special techniques, people can learn to handle many specialties — in fact virtually every area of science and humanities to the limits of human knowledge. Leonardo da Vinci was claimed to have been "the last universal man," but that need not be true.

While a genius will always be more adept than an average person, Nexialism techniques can help produce many more geniuses — teaching people to "learn to learn." As Robert A. Heinlein wrote: "All men are created unequal." The benefits are more profound for those who are already above average. The topics below represent results in outline form; each will expand into a full section of many pages as this site develops.