Something Else to Think About

Another thing to think about: maybe some of the things that are invented or come up with today don't seem as interesting because we live in this time period. As in, maybe the people in the old days didn't thing the invention of the wheel was a great accomplishment, but we think it is now. Could the things we do now truly amaze the people of the next generation?
     -Allison *****
It could be possible. The things and accomplishments seem like nothing to us because we live with them everyday. Have you ever stopped and wondered about X-Ray machinees? Or the cancer treatment of Radiation? Both of these use the same science as nuclear bombs...so how do we not die or get sick everytime we get an X-Ray? Or the microwave. That sends off waves also. The computer is possibly one of the complex inventions used by everyday people. They have the programming to be smarter than the person using it, if it could possibly work on its own. We never stop to think about the inventions around us and marvel at their complexity. We live with them everyday so we are accustomed to them.
Yet some of the things invented or discovered hundreds of years ago seem spectacular. How could people invent/discover something of that difficulty with their limited reasearch tools?  People only understand what they can comprehend. We "understand" computers and microwaves and other things because we can comprehend on some level as to why or how it was made. We understand that we have the tools and knowledge to invent these. Since we have not lived for hundreds and hundreds of years, we cannot understand how things were invented long ago. If this is true (which I believe it is possible) and we lived for all eternity, inventions would never seem surprising or amazing.

Old Things

And I'd give up forever to touch you
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now

And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything seems like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
      -Goo Goo Dolls. Iris
This basically explains itself. Just read it. Now read it again. Now think for a minute. Then read between the lines. These lyrics mean something to me that is different from what it means to you. So whatever it is, just think about it.

So Complex

Have you ever wondered about your memories? Where are they stored? How do you remember? Are they pysical things? The brain is complex (in case you haven't noticed I'm obsessed with the brain) and we can't understand it. The other day I heard/read about brain/body transplants. How could this be possible?
I watched a video of a scientist who experimented with removing a brain and actually keeping it 'alive'. It sent off brain waves and was essentially 'working', but what does this mean? Another scientist removed the head of one monkey and placed it on the head of another....it lived and functioned for 7 days before the body rejected the head. Since ape anatomy is so similar to human anatomy, brain/whole body transplants could futuristically be possible.
But what does this mean for thoughts and memories? If you were brain dead and you received a brain transplant, does this mean that all your thoughts and memories are gone? Are you a completely different person? Would you think differently? Walk differently? Speak differently?
The brain controls all parts of the body, so could you possibly be able to run faster? Drive better? Be smarter? And how do religions view this idea? When does this become too much? When is 'enough'?

Opposites

There is a girl I know who is an atheist. Yet she believes in exorcisms; which are used "to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration or religious or solemn ceremonies: to exorcise a demon." (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/exorcise) So she believes that demons exist...but she doesn't believe in angels or the goodness of God?
How can this be? You can't have evil without good, if you did it wouldn't be evil, it would be reality. So it confused me. How can you say you believe in one thing without believing in the other? If I said I believe in life, then obviously I must believe in death. If I believe in light, then obviously there must be dark. The sun, the moon. Good, evil.
Our world is so full of opposites, and without them there would be no world. You must have one thing to have the other. Thus, when she says she believes in demons, then she must believe in angels/good?

Have You Ever Wondered?

Have you ever wondered how people figured out math equations? How they created them? How scientific advancements were discovered? How did people perform math without calculators? How could people understand anything?
Maybe people today aren't as smart as people were centuries ago. Today, most people can look anything up on the internet or do their homework on the calculator. Centuries ago everything was done by hand. These were new explorations; there was no one to check your work with. Everything was discovered on hunches and random theories to explain the world and how it works.
Since so much is already discovered and the things we discover today are just mainly improvements, then what does this mean for our society today? Is the human race gradually becoming dumber? Are we subconciously making ourselves dumb?
Today, in class, people would ask the dumbest questions (and when teachers say there are no dumb questions--they are lying), like "Where's Dutch?" For the record, there is no country called Dutch. The country is the Netherlands. Some people don't know that New England is not in Europe...And I wonder how people passed grade school. (I'm not trying to say you are dumb; more the opposite actually. The average person does not know these answers, so what my point is, is that the term 'average' could, in fact, be decreasing in meaning)
In today's society everything is done for us. We don't have to memorize anything, and if we forget something, we just have to look it back up on the internet. Humans today are so lazy, that I wouldn't be surprised if everything was done through technical advancements. Meaning, people just sit around and have computers do everything for us.
I know that the English language is butchered every day, and I know I do it too. Using 'like' and 'umm' between everything thought. No body knows how to write or type proper English anymore. No one can do anything for themselves in today's world. So is it possible that everything our ancestors have worked for, stood for, died for, be deteriorating? Is the civilization of our world dying?

Religion

My friend and I had a discussion about religion and which religion is right. Well, what do you believe?
I believe in God, the Father the Almighty. But some believe in Buddha, Allah, or many gods and goddesses. But who is right? Because all believers think that they're religion is correct. I like to think that my God is the only, but what if I was wrong? So my theory for the correct religion is that all religions are the same....except they were interpreted differently. We all have different cultures, so naturally we interpret things differently. So who is to say that all religions aren't just different forms of the same people? They have different names and images, but the theory is believable. So think about your religion....

Is this too much?

I am grateful for our medical advancements and how much we have learned from studying the world. But have you ever wondered if, perhaps, our body, mind, genetics, universe, religions, and other questions go unanswered because they aren't meant to be answered? Have you ever wondered if they were made so complicated and complex because we aren't meant to figure out what the answers? Are we supposed to just live our lives and be happy and not worry ourselves over these unanswerable questions? There are so many questions that start with "Why" and the best answer that can be given for many of these "Why" questions is just simply "Because"...because that's the way its always been, thats the way it was made, thats just the way it is. Perhaps these questions are better left unanswered.

Conflict

Monday: "I would like to pray for world peace."
Tuesday: "I would like to pray for world peace."
Wednesday: "I would like to pray for world peace."
Thursday: "I would like to pray for world peace."
Friday: "I would like to pray for world peace."
Saturday: "I would like to pray for world peace."
Sunday: "I would like to pray for world peace."

Everyday people all over the world pray for world peace. I admit, even I pray for world peace. But unfortunately, world peace is not possible (unless you believe in God, then everything is possible...which I do, I'm just trying to write this in an objective tone.). World peace isn't possible because because people all over the world differ (which is a good thing). If we wanted wars to stop, bullying, killings, robberies, and all other awful things that happen in our society every day, then every should be the same. We clash because of our religion, ideas, culture, language, heritage, everything that makes us different. If we wanted wars betwee n coutries, then each culture needs to be the same. And nobody wants that. As much as I want world peace, it may not happen until a miracle happens.

Chromosomes (Adam and Eve)

So there are 46 chromosomes in the human body (23 pairs).They come from your mom and dad. So, if you believe in Adam and Eve (being the first two people on earth) then you must believe they populated the whole world? Am I right? Because this is how some are taught. They are the parents of all. The chromosomes are arranged in numerous ways. With the amount of people on earth today, there are millions of possibilities for the arrangement of the chromosomes. There seems to be no limit.
But what of the people at the time of Adam and Eve? They had a limited amount of chromosomes to populate the world. So does this mean that at one point, the arrangement of chromosomes happened to be identical? That out there in the world, there seemed to be two identical copies of a person? This would have happened because of the limited, NOT Unlimited possibilities of arrangments.
Could this also mean that maybe, even today, there is someone in the world, of billions, there is someone that looks like you? (They may look like you, but they can't possible think like you- read my other posts on personalities and the brain if you don't know what I'm talking about)
And even if this is true (which I'm not saying it is, I'm just stating my thoughts) it doesn't make you not unique. Uniqueness is something of the brain. NO ONE has a copy exactly like it (even if it is infulenced by your parents- you still have the ability to perceive everything differently from your parents).
So think, could this be true? Or do I just have a strange brain that comes up with random, puzzling things to talk about as if it was my job?

Carefully Taught

You've got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You've got to be taught
From year to year,
It's got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You've got to be carefully taught.

You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade,
You've got to be carefully taught.

You've got to be taught before it's too late,
Before you are six or seven or eight,
To hate all the people your relatives hate,
You've got to be carefully taught!
 From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/youve-got-to-be-carefully-taught-lyrics-south-pacific.html ]

Have you every wondered how you came upon your opinions? Have you ever wondered why you hate? Why you love? Have you ever wondered what makes you...you?
You were created by your mother and your father, so naturally you share some of their qualities. But perhaps you could share something even more? It is true that at conception you have your own brain...so that makes you your own person. So, of course, you aren't born hating....you have to taught how to be a person. Whoever you grow up with helps to shape you to become the person you are today.
So while you are your own person, you are also your parents (guardians) person. They present you to their favorite things, shaping you to like the same things perhaps.
So while you aren't born hating, loving, caring, mean, rude, or anything else. You are taught to be these things. So think about it.....what makes you...you?