Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Week7, Philosophy in less than five minutes

I enjoyed watching Electric Surfing. The dancing monkeys are kind ofdistracting but fun to watch. This film is based on how the entireuniverse is composed of matter and is demonstrated in four lessons.The other short film that I viewed what Beliver versus Skeptic. Itis about a crop circles and if they really exist. I personally agreewith Dr. Lane that in order for these geometric circles to beconsidered real, one must first analyze the data and be sure thatthey are actually coming from somewhere else. Dr. Lane asked aquestion "Can these geometric circles be drawn with a pencil and withthe right kinds of instruments in a paper?" I say they can. I don’tthink that aliens come from outer space because there is noscientific proof that they exist. I think that somebody just has toomuch time on their plates that creating crop circles is a way to makepeople believe that such unknown things exist. My question is, ifaliens existed, and these so called space ships that arrive on earthand make this crop circles when landing, why is it that no one hasproof to back up the claims that these crop circles are made byaliens? This is a discussion that requires a lot of attention, so thetruth can come out.In Brain Burn: states that "philosophy is the result of differentbrain states an upcomings, that we ask different questions about theworld." I think this is so true because each individual thinks indifferent levels based on experience. For example, a young adult canview situations such as Global Warming as unimportant and boring,whereas an individual in middle adulthood is concerned about what thefuture may hold for earth and humanity itself. Therefore, the authorstates "Philosophy is like a heart burn, something that hasn'tdigested yet is a Brain Burn."

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