To All God's Children,
-->These nitpicky phds can’t think for themselves always running to a book or a higher power (professor or scholar) for an answer. This is my freedom by choosing to not live my life that way. I may be smarter then average or I may be a simpleton; I may be right about so many things or only guessing and be just as wrong. I feel like regardless of whether we get the answers from a book (which comes from another person) or ourselves (our own mind) it can be refuted, denounced or proven wrong in a number of years anyway. So what’s the point of panicking over wrong information? Might as well live, be free, and guess with a clear mind that you don’t have to be right about anything and that’s ok.
Showing posts with label academics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label academics. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
What is Progress?
To All God's Children,
-->Why do we put so much value to learning math and science? This idea that science brings progress is the cause. Does it really? Does progress really come from advanced knowledge and abilities? When we level a forest to build roads and office buildings is that progress? When we invent cars that contribute to global warming is that progress? When we mass produce carcinogenic foods and use science to find a cure for the cancer we’re creating is that progress? No, there’s no such thing as progress. Draw value from other things in life because progress and success are an illusion. If anything, we should determine a child’s talent early on and nurture it instead of forcing them to learn things and feel stupid when they don’t understand them.
-->Why do we put so much value to learning math and science? This idea that science brings progress is the cause. Does it really? Does progress really come from advanced knowledge and abilities? When we level a forest to build roads and office buildings is that progress? When we invent cars that contribute to global warming is that progress? When we mass produce carcinogenic foods and use science to find a cure for the cancer we’re creating is that progress? No, there’s no such thing as progress. Draw value from other things in life because progress and success are an illusion. If anything, we should determine a child’s talent early on and nurture it instead of forcing them to learn things and feel stupid when they don’t understand them.
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