Tuesday, June 10, 2008
My second point applies to the fact that in "reality" all of us must cease to exist.
There are many ways for reality to force you and I out of existence, however, physical death is the most commonly recognized form. So I will use that. Here death will be defined as:
"when a certain body stops being able to perform the functions necessary to keep the mind in working order." (Again, that definition was brought to you by dictionary.com)
Death has always been a major problem for the human race. So much so that we often find ourselves chasing after false realities; things we decide are fact but are clearly uncertain. Things such as religions that guarantee eternal life, cryogenics, or myths such as the fountain of youth. We believe in these things simply to feel hope that we may not ever have to feel death's icy touch.
Without reality, there would be no death. Why should we listen to something that slows us down (friction), makes us come down (gravity), and eventually wears us down (time). It baffles me why a group of people, when subjected to a tyrannical ruler, will only tolerate oppression for so long but no one has rebelled against the greatest tyrant there has ever been! If you lived under the rule of a person who was slaughtering all of your loved ones you would not stand it for a week let alone your whole life! Wake up and smell the blood people!
There are many ways for reality to force you and I out of existence, however, physical death is the most commonly recognized form. So I will use that. Here death will be defined as:
"when a certain body stops being able to perform the functions necessary to keep the mind in working order." (Again, that definition was brought to you by dictionary.com)
Death has always been a major problem for the human race. So much so that we often find ourselves chasing after false realities; things we decide are fact but are clearly uncertain. Things such as religions that guarantee eternal life, cryogenics, or myths such as the fountain of youth. We believe in these things simply to feel hope that we may not ever have to feel death's icy touch.
Without reality, there would be no death. Why should we listen to something that slows us down (friction), makes us come down (gravity), and eventually wears us down (time). It baffles me why a group of people, when subjected to a tyrannical ruler, will only tolerate oppression for so long but no one has rebelled against the greatest tyrant there has ever been! If you lived under the rule of a person who was slaughtering all of your loved ones you would not stand it for a week let alone your whole life! Wake up and smell the blood people!
First of all we need to address the term "reality."
I have searched many seconds through humankind's entire collective knowledge (otherwise known as dictionary.com) and settled upon one definition:
"That which exists objectively and in fact."
My first real point for the destruction of reality is that of objectivity. We have all of these scientists and philosophers trying to unlock the secret to reality, but what is their number one problem? Subjectivity. It is a hopeless endeavor to try to erase that subjectivity because even if we managed to rid individual bias there would still be our bias as a species. In "reality" certain species are given certain abilities, and humans obviously do not possess all of them. Certain senses are forever lost to us from the way we are made, so actually knowing the universe would be impossible because we cannot even sense part of it. Science is a hopeless endeavor. And, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking "But look at all science has done for us!" I have two points against that.
1) What in "reality" has science actually done for us? It is helping us to kill animals, plants, and our atmosphere at an increasing rate. It is seperating us from that which originally gave us life (earth). It is helping us become increasingly more dependent on useless technology (exhibit A: blogging). It is lowering the overall creative intelligence of the entire planet. It is allowing more and more people into this world, thus meaning we have to share even more! You know, without reality you wouldn't have to share at all.
2) Science has been around since we have been around, but we haven't really learned anything. We try so hard so continuously and yet it seems we are just going in circles. We'll "figure something out" and continue on our way, building more and more "facts" upon the original paradigm until somebody comes along, examines the bottom theory and claim we have to pull everything apart again. Science is trying to subdue us by giving us microwaves and televisions. It is hiding the fact that it knows nothing. We have been taught since childhood that gravity exists, so anyone who questions its existence is considered insane. But, no one has proved without a fraction of a doubt that it exists, so those who may question it aren't insane. It is those who follow gravity's existence unquestionably that are insane; because they are willing to follow something that may not even exist.
But, without reality everyone could be making ground-breaking discoveries everyday! "This just in, a man in Kentucky has just discovered that grass is actually purple, his wife is actually attractive, and everyone is their one god! More on this in the ½ o'clock news..."
I have searched many seconds through humankind's entire collective knowledge (otherwise known as dictionary.com) and settled upon one definition:
"That which exists objectively and in fact."
My first real point for the destruction of reality is that of objectivity. We have all of these scientists and philosophers trying to unlock the secret to reality, but what is their number one problem? Subjectivity. It is a hopeless endeavor to try to erase that subjectivity because even if we managed to rid individual bias there would still be our bias as a species. In "reality" certain species are given certain abilities, and humans obviously do not possess all of them. Certain senses are forever lost to us from the way we are made, so actually knowing the universe would be impossible because we cannot even sense part of it. Science is a hopeless endeavor. And, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking "But look at all science has done for us!" I have two points against that.
1) What in "reality" has science actually done for us? It is helping us to kill animals, plants, and our atmosphere at an increasing rate. It is seperating us from that which originally gave us life (earth). It is helping us become increasingly more dependent on useless technology (exhibit A: blogging). It is lowering the overall creative intelligence of the entire planet. It is allowing more and more people into this world, thus meaning we have to share even more! You know, without reality you wouldn't have to share at all.
2) Science has been around since we have been around, but we haven't really learned anything. We try so hard so continuously and yet it seems we are just going in circles. We'll "figure something out" and continue on our way, building more and more "facts" upon the original paradigm until somebody comes along, examines the bottom theory and claim we have to pull everything apart again. Science is trying to subdue us by giving us microwaves and televisions. It is hiding the fact that it knows nothing. We have been taught since childhood that gravity exists, so anyone who questions its existence is considered insane. But, no one has proved without a fraction of a doubt that it exists, so those who may question it aren't insane. It is those who follow gravity's existence unquestionably that are insane; because they are willing to follow something that may not even exist.
But, without reality everyone could be making ground-breaking discoveries everyday! "This just in, a man in Kentucky has just discovered that grass is actually purple, his wife is actually attractive, and everyone is their one god! More on this in the ½ o'clock news..."
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