i just dont know...

In the reading that we had to do, one sentence really stood out to me: "We are not content to have our certainties – others must share them as well, since a plurality of worldviews raises doubts about our truth."

This reminded me of something that was brought up in class about religion. Someone, I'm sorry I cant remember who, brought up the fact that religion is huge mainly because it is passed down from parents to their children. This goes along with the quote because all the religions put together are a "plurality of worldviews"...and they are all trying to compete with one another. So most parents push their religion on their children and make them think that their religion is the best, because of the "others must share them" point.

All the different religions we have in this world "raises doubts about our truth" because no one really knows what the truth is. Everyone has a different idea of what the truth is, which is why they choose the religion they follow.

Religion is confusing.

I <3 the history channel

Alright, so today I was watching the History Channel and they had a show on about Nostradamus. Now I know most people dont believe in him and think he was fake, but this show kinda made me think about time and what we have been discussing. Everyone has heard the theories about Nostradamus predicting things that have been happening in our day, like the Holocaust and 9/11. Now my question is, is it possible for someone to see ahead in time? If the whole story of Nostradamus is true, and he did make all these predictions, then that means that all time is already planned out for us, and we do not really control what happens in our time. I'm wondering what everyone else thinks about the possibility of being able to see ahead in time.

Uhhhhhh......

Hmm, so all this talk about time has really got me thinking. Today, the wonderful Katie Collins brought up the topic of time and calendars, and how if people go by different calendars, how can we all be on the same page? But the way I see it is, calendars and hours and minutes and seconds are all things that we as humans have made up. They dont really exist, its just our way of making life more routine. Its kinda like how the east coast and the west coast run on different time schedules. When something happens in the US, its still happening to all of us at the same time, despite what time zone we are in. Time is real, but the way we describe it is not. We have made it easier on ourselves by splitting time into measurements. These measurements are fake, but time itself is not.

grrr....

This reading about time is very frustrating. It's making me mad because i dont see how people can think time doesnt exist. One example that made me mad was this: "Does the instant that we label as "11:01 A.M." for a certain date exist independently of the events that occur then? In other words, can time exist if no event is happening?"
How can it be that any instant, there is no event happening? It makes no sense. There is always something happening. Sure, at 11:01 in the morning you may not be doing anything exciting that you would consider to be an important event, but that doesnt mean that there is nothing going on. Every single second in every day, you are breathing and that in itself is an event. And if this is happening every second, that means that every second is really happening and therefore, yes, time does exist. It doesnt just stop because nothing of importance is going on.
Anyways, that just really frustrated me and made me mad so i wanted to share it.

What is the difference?

Today in class, the difference between the mind and the brain was brought up. I find this to be very interesting because it seems like everyone had different ideas about what separated the two. That makes me wonder if there really is a difference between the two. Personally, I think the mind is more based on emotions and your subconscious feelings. The brain, on the other hand, deals more with physical things, and what is on the surface. For example, when you start to develop feelings for someone, thats usually not something you can control, it happens subconsciously in your mind. All feelings and emotions stem from your mind. Your brain deals with more mechanical things, like moving your arm or doing homework. I dont know how many people will agree with this theory, but this is just how i see it.

hmmm

I think that yesterday's class has probably been the most interesting yet. I really liked the discussion we had on limits. I think that people set their own limits based on motivation and confidence. For example, let's look at people who do triathlons. Everyone has the ability to swim, run and ride a bike, but you dont see everyone doing triathlons. This is because they have set limits on how much they think they can do. They dont have the motivation or confidence to be able to exert themselves that much, but its not that they physically cant; they have just limited themselves. I think everyone can do all of the same things to the same degree, so we arent born with limits, we place limits on ourselves. Thats why some people are better at things than other people are. Some people say "I can't draw", but thats only because they put that idea into their own mind. Everyone can draw, its just a matter of how much effort you put into it. If you put a lot into it, then you are going to be able to draw really well. If you dont put a lot into it, and your drawings are horribly, it doesnt mean you were born artistically limited, it just means that you limited yourself. Basically, I believe that we all set limits on ourselves based on what we really want to do, and how hard we wanna push ourselves.