Saturday, March 24, 2012

Week Four: Biological Philosophy

Film: Evolution Trilogy

 First of all, I would have to say that I loved the analogy of editors and writers, for men to constantly "write" sperm. It was a great analogy and easily understood. I do realize it is true that as people grow up, they get edited by everything around them. It can be their parents, friends, environment, and just about anything that is near them that influences them.
 The film stated, "deceiving oneself in others is how the job gets done." In other words, people portray themselves in a certain way to fit into their environment. So, they can live and prosper happily. We are "edited," formed into oneself, by what is around us. It is ultimately not what we did, but it is the people around us that formed who we are today, and will continue shaping us in the future. 

Text: Darwin's DNA

 This text interesting because of the controversy between science and religion. The fact that some people accept one thing but not the other for various reasons. Because of this controversy, people has constantly went off to say that religion and science cannot co-exist. 
I totally disagree with this idea that they cannot co-exist. First of all, I believe in both because they are both able to co-exist. There are some phenomenons in this world that cannot be scientifically proven, which is when religion comes in to fill in the hole. Because they both exist, they compensate each other for whatever they lack and help each other out rather than just fight to see which is true and which is false.


Film: Charles Darwin


 I was first amazed at how revolutionary Charles Darwin's idea was. The fact that he had came up with a theory like the Natural Selection theory really showed how much of a genius he was. People may argue that it was not something that great of a discovery but rather than a discovery, I'd say that it was a research and he spent many countless hours trying to prove his point.
 Secondly, I saw the real genius of his work. The theory states that there is a gradual, nonrandom process by which biological traits become either more or less common in a population as a function of differential reproduction of their bearers which ultimately leads to evolution and mutation. The fact that this was thought up back then with evidence to prove his point was just amazing.


Reaction: The Genius of Charles Darwin


Wow Anastasia, I totally agree with everything that you have stated in your reasoning. It is quite an annoyance to see people trying to force down their beliefs unto other people. It is absolutely wrong to force a belief, although trying to convince and persuade is something that is totally fine.
I can sense your anger throughout your post. I feel like it is unnecessary but the fact that it is quite annoying and to see this in real life in my daily life as well really angered me as well. Though people are using proofs now to prove their point, I am not convinced by any of them.


Reaction: Evolution Trilogy


It is so true that religion stays the same and people tend to go to science more since it has more proofs, in a sense. There is a reason that is called a blind faith because of the fact that we believe in someone or something that is not visible to the human eye. Hence, it won't be a religion if there was no faith and we continue on with our faith because we believe. For example, a person would move out of a city if they heard a tsunami was coming because they actually believe it is coming.
It was also interesting as you stated about the part where we are being edited by people all around us. Because we are always constantly surrounded by people, we are shaped and formed into our perfect selves later on. These "editors" can be either our environment that we live in, the people around, us or even the life we live.

Reaction: Nova Evolution

It is truly amazing that there are only 4 letters for describing the DNA, and can be rearranged into many different types of combinations. Though a very confusing concept to grasp in the beginning due to complications, there are some interesting facts lying around.
The natural selection process and how it is the root of evolution was interesting as well as you have stated. The fact that Darwin was able to come up with such a revolutionary concept was also quite amusing. To see that DNA is the cause of evolution and how tiny practically invisible matters cause such big things to happen was an eye-opener.

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