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I've been having something of a conflict within my self recently...
With aspirations of being a physicist later in life, and at the rate which technology is advancing... i've been questioning myself a lot about how much right one group of individuals has into probing the nature of the universe. i mean, we're beginning to go pretty deep, and new theories are even starting to sound like some silly philosophical dreams but... it seems like that's the direction in which the universe is taking us. so... it's just been bugging me to think that maybe the rest of humanity doesn't really care to probe that deeply into the universe. i mean as a physicist i think its practically our duty to keep advancing; artificial intelligence, the search for extraterrestrial life, but if the rest of the world doesnt want advancement like that... do we really have right to push the world in that direction? with the discoveries comes inevitable revolution to the world... and its usually for the better i guess... i mean if just because the majority does in fact want to stay ignorant, does that mean we should? would the fear of advancement on the part of the majority justify stagnancy?
i would say that most who would choose to stay ignorant would do so because of fear of exposure and the unveiling of particular outdated, misleading dogmas, but choosing to stay ignorant for the sake of tradition is innocent enough. but those who don't progress are simply overshadowed and swallowed by the more advanced. by choosing to move deeper, we're imposing our will on a humanity that isn't really asking for drastic change. or maybe they are?
i guess i'll start really worrying when the world begins protesting against scientific advancement...
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/may/01-the-biocentric-universe-life-creates-time-space-cosmos
With aspirations of being a physicist later in life, and at the rate which technology is advancing... i've been questioning myself a lot about how much right one group of individuals has into probing the nature of the universe. i mean, we're beginning to go pretty deep, and new theories are even starting to sound like some silly philosophical dreams but... it seems like that's the direction in which the universe is taking us. so... it's just been bugging me to think that maybe the rest of humanity doesn't really care to probe that deeply into the universe. i mean as a physicist i think its practically our duty to keep advancing; artificial intelligence, the search for extraterrestrial life, but if the rest of the world doesnt want advancement like that... do we really have right to push the world in that direction? with the discoveries comes inevitable revolution to the world... and its usually for the better i guess... i mean if just because the majority does in fact want to stay ignorant, does that mean we should? would the fear of advancement on the part of the majority justify stagnancy?
i would say that most who would choose to stay ignorant would do so because of fear of exposure and the unveiling of particular outdated, misleading dogmas, but choosing to stay ignorant for the sake of tradition is innocent enough. but those who don't progress are simply overshadowed and swallowed by the more advanced. by choosing to move deeper, we're imposing our will on a humanity that isn't really asking for drastic change. or maybe they are?
i guess i'll start really worrying when the world begins protesting against scientific advancement...
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/may/01-the-biocentric-universe-life-creates-time-space-cosmos