ARE WE REALLY WHO WE THINK WE ARE?
ARE WE REALLY WHO WE THINK WE ARE?
There are hundreds of theories claiming to explain the origin of humans. Most of which put two religions at each other's throats, or make them hold hands while they kick science to the ground. Science is all about facts and proven information, while religion is all about belief. Since, the flat Earth theorists are back, you can see how technological advancements in science ain't enough to hold back belief in the illogical. Then again, science itself isn't logical all the time. I would go on forever trying to explain the theoretical issues in the space-time continum and the multiverse theories, and I still wouldn't be making sense, logically. So, what is it that drives us into beleiving the illogical?
After being in the area of research in biology for quite some time now, I cannot help but question, 'what is life'. Everything from a little speckle of that wibbly-wobbly stuff trying to find food at nano-scale to the primates that drive vehicles using dinosaur fossil fluid. Actually, the answer is way more philosophical than scientific. What in hell (or heaven) is the purpose of our existence? In my previous blog, I partially covered the intricacies involved in understanding time travel from the POV of a human mind. How much is our mind capable of understanding, or are we only understanding them because we are allowed to? Do we really need to go on a quest for those questions? Are human minds complex enough to understand?
Life as we know it
We tend to confuse consciousness with life. 'life' is a human coinage, when even humans do not understand the term completely. So, what is a dog to a cow? Consciousness is the state of being aware of one's being. As humans, we see life through consciousness. We assume that every species has life, but not all are self-aware. Well, CNN is not gonna interview an amoeba. It is just so amusing to see life has evolved into such a complex organism from such a tiny cell.
Imagine the possibilities if we can figure out the secret behind consciousness. Leads to a whole new area of science'y stuff. Unlike most of the subjects in science, 'consciousness' is more of a vague concept. We don't know where it resides, we don't know if it is a physical entity, we don't know if it's coursing through a body, or is stationary. The most problematic is that one can ONLY feel one's one consciousness. There is no way in the world you're gonna explore something as complex as the human nature like this. It is almost impossible to put it in terms of a human. So, as Jason Silva puts it, we're these complex organisms driven by curiosity travelling outwards towards space, trying to land in mars, other stars, but we know very little about ourselves, our inner selves. So, what are we even doing?
So, in reality, we know more about outer space than we know about life.
Questions questions everywhere, not a drop of an answer:
There are roughly around 4,200 religions in the world that essay on the way of life. All converging their ways to a common deity. What if every religion just poses just a code of conduct, metaphorical references if you may, to make us follow them and none of them is actually true. Sounds, a lot like an atheist theory. But, what if there indeed was a 'GOD' right here.
I've always felt like Nature has its own conscience. A thing of beauty, that lets us live also kills us, resists changes, takes revenge, has it own set of code; almosts acts like a separate being. Here is where it gets interesting, what if in fact it is a being.
Humans are always so drunk in power and superiority, that we did not turn our face to one thought, 'that we are not'. What if we ARE living in the presence of a superior species of an organism right here on this very planet. 'We are merely humans' is now apter than ever. What if this 'species' does not even have a physical form, what if humans do not have enough senses to perceive them. what if.... what if....
We were so thrilled in playing god, we forgot we might merely be the lab rats of god. A lab rat does not understand when it is being tested on. Wow, how the tables turn.
So, there might be a life living among us that we might not even be aware of. Now, where does that put us in the phylogeny? What if those organisms are really what we think are godly in nature? Science is a religion after all.
In conclusion, we're just organisms adhered to a big blue ball longing to know everything there is that had made us and still make us what we are. We might never get answers to most the questions we ask, but what's the harm is asking. Curiosity is a man's strongest suit. If you think we are plump of systemic tissues, drinking ripe fruit drinks under a million stars, showing love holding each other by arms, and listening to lovely sound waves that please our ears, yes we are that. Beyond that is anyone's guess
There are hundreds of theories claiming to explain the origin of humans. Most of which put two religions at each other's throats, or make them hold hands while they kick science to the ground. Science is all about facts and proven information, while religion is all about belief. Since, the flat Earth theorists are back, you can see how technological advancements in science ain't enough to hold back belief in the illogical. Then again, science itself isn't logical all the time. I would go on forever trying to explain the theoretical issues in the space-time continum and the multiverse theories, and I still wouldn't be making sense, logically. So, what is it that drives us into beleiving the illogical?
Life as we know it
We tend to confuse consciousness with life. 'life' is a human coinage, when even humans do not understand the term completely. So, what is a dog to a cow? Consciousness is the state of being aware of one's being. As humans, we see life through consciousness. We assume that every species has life, but not all are self-aware. Well, CNN is not gonna interview an amoeba. It is just so amusing to see life has evolved into such a complex organism from such a tiny cell.
Imagine the possibilities if we can figure out the secret behind consciousness. Leads to a whole new area of science'y stuff. Unlike most of the subjects in science, 'consciousness' is more of a vague concept. We don't know where it resides, we don't know if it is a physical entity, we don't know if it's coursing through a body, or is stationary. The most problematic is that one can ONLY feel one's one consciousness. There is no way in the world you're gonna explore something as complex as the human nature like this. It is almost impossible to put it in terms of a human. So, as Jason Silva puts it, we're these complex organisms driven by curiosity travelling outwards towards space, trying to land in mars, other stars, but we know very little about ourselves, our inner selves. So, what are we even doing?
So, in reality, we know more about outer space than we know about life.
Questions questions everywhere, not a drop of an answer:
In conclusion, we're just organisms adhered to a big blue ball longing to know everything there is that had made us and still make us what we are. We might never get answers to most the questions we ask, but what's the harm is asking. Curiosity is a man's strongest suit. If you think we are plump of systemic tissues, drinking ripe fruit drinks under a million stars, showing love holding each other by arms, and listening to lovely sound waves that please our ears, yes we are that. Beyond that is anyone's guess
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