Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Do something.
Life has been really marvelous since the last time I've posted on this.
I went to Miami for the Winter Music Festival to listen to the best DJs in the world in one... park. Scattered throughout the park, but in the park nonetheless. It rained, but still the music and people were unbelievable. I put the pictures up on my face book and what not.
School is all right, my math homework compiles as I naively put off studying to the last second or day. I love English, and writing about Wells' War of the Worlds. Both of my major papers were about evolution, unsurprisingly, because I love it. I love it when the world and my being makes sense, for the umpteenth time, although, this time I have evidence, and can answer questions that bothered me before. It's absolutely fascinating. So much so, that I purchased a ton of books over the past few weeks from authors like Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Noam Chomsky(to probe my political side). Some names, to spit a few out, are,The God Delusion, The Ancestor's Tale, Breaking the Spell, et alia. Dr. Sharon Moalem also has this new book out that I adore, Survival of the Sickest, all of these books are what I consider only the beginning to newfound rationality and understanding.
I want to add some of the questions and pondering, mentioned before, that stumped me. Not necessarily a big deal, although even through mental abuse I questioned the validity of my own 'conclusions'. The first thing was rather an insignificant bit although it challenged some of my thoughts, the tick. I read from Harun Yahya that, according to the man, all men and animals were created at the time of creation, however long ago it was. But the tick was the first bit that led to concluding I might be wrong. Ticks are a relatively new phenomena, from what I understand, why would they appear so recently? As opposed to always being here?
A cousin of mine is probably the perfect example of a clash between religious dogma and evolutionary theory. He learned, from humanities I assume, that there is no such thing as love, there is only lust. He acknowledges this openly and fully, but to put that in perspective of an evolutionary context is prohibited by his mind as directed by the Qu'ran. If god did create the universe and we were the only thing he cared for, why lust? Wouldn't an omnipotent being create 'true love'? Oh don't judge God, you say? I don't know what he's thinking? Doesn't it make much more sense that we are lustful because our genes practically assert we should reproduce? It's not nonsensical, why don't people connect the dots?
I like my cousins a lot, too. Whatever makes them happy, I suppose, is better for them. I don't want to believe though, I want to know.
This one is rather short, but still it struck me profoundly because I don't think many people ask questions like this. When I walk around and look at people, you can practically see from the way they look and guess their personality. Why is it these people act just like they look? Why are they (pardon the french) plain assholes or dumbasses? Intelligence is inherited, although not completely determined by genes. I just had one experience with a person, and my mind drifted to think about it. Inheritance is a powerful molding force.
Another thing he mentions is intelligence. His sister is gifted from God, he says. The first thing that sprang up is 'fairness.' I asked, why would God favor somebody over another? That's not the all-loving and just. Imams also mention how everybody is equal under God, which makes it a better religion(as opposed to the chosen people, etc.) Well, I asked, why aren't we equal if that's the case? And what struck me is, he was perfectly fine with not knowing, not caring. "That's just the way it is." I now realize God has nothing to do with any of the aforementioned. Everything makes sense under the lens of evolution.
'Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.'
My whole life, I've been trying to live like in the quote above. I don't want to be normal. I just want to be the best at something, whatever it is. I'm on my way, hopefully. This world stops for nothing, so be/do something.
I went to Miami for the Winter Music Festival to listen to the best DJs in the world in one... park. Scattered throughout the park, but in the park nonetheless. It rained, but still the music and people were unbelievable. I put the pictures up on my face book and what not.
School is all right, my math homework compiles as I naively put off studying to the last second or day. I love English, and writing about Wells' War of the Worlds. Both of my major papers were about evolution, unsurprisingly, because I love it. I love it when the world and my being makes sense, for the umpteenth time, although, this time I have evidence, and can answer questions that bothered me before. It's absolutely fascinating. So much so, that I purchased a ton of books over the past few weeks from authors like Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Noam Chomsky(to probe my political side). Some names, to spit a few out, are,The God Delusion, The Ancestor's Tale, Breaking the Spell, et alia. Dr. Sharon Moalem also has this new book out that I adore, Survival of the Sickest, all of these books are what I consider only the beginning to newfound rationality and understanding.
I want to add some of the questions and pondering, mentioned before, that stumped me. Not necessarily a big deal, although even through mental abuse I questioned the validity of my own 'conclusions'. The first thing was rather an insignificant bit although it challenged some of my thoughts, the tick. I read from Harun Yahya that, according to the man, all men and animals were created at the time of creation, however long ago it was. But the tick was the first bit that led to concluding I might be wrong. Ticks are a relatively new phenomena, from what I understand, why would they appear so recently? As opposed to always being here?
A cousin of mine is probably the perfect example of a clash between religious dogma and evolutionary theory. He learned, from humanities I assume, that there is no such thing as love, there is only lust. He acknowledges this openly and fully, but to put that in perspective of an evolutionary context is prohibited by his mind as directed by the Qu'ran. If god did create the universe and we were the only thing he cared for, why lust? Wouldn't an omnipotent being create 'true love'? Oh don't judge God, you say? I don't know what he's thinking? Doesn't it make much more sense that we are lustful because our genes practically assert we should reproduce? It's not nonsensical, why don't people connect the dots?
I like my cousins a lot, too. Whatever makes them happy, I suppose, is better for them. I don't want to believe though, I want to know.
This one is rather short, but still it struck me profoundly because I don't think many people ask questions like this. When I walk around and look at people, you can practically see from the way they look and guess their personality. Why is it these people act just like they look? Why are they (pardon the french) plain assholes or dumbasses? Intelligence is inherited, although not completely determined by genes. I just had one experience with a person, and my mind drifted to think about it. Inheritance is a powerful molding force.
Another thing he mentions is intelligence. His sister is gifted from God, he says. The first thing that sprang up is 'fairness.' I asked, why would God favor somebody over another? That's not the all-loving and just. Imams also mention how everybody is equal under God, which makes it a better religion(as opposed to the chosen people, etc.) Well, I asked, why aren't we equal if that's the case? And what struck me is, he was perfectly fine with not knowing, not caring. "That's just the way it is." I now realize God has nothing to do with any of the aforementioned. Everything makes sense under the lens of evolution.
'Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.'
My whole life, I've been trying to live like in the quote above. I don't want to be normal. I just want to be the best at something, whatever it is. I'm on my way, hopefully. This world stops for nothing, so be/do something.
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