I thoroughly enjoyed today's class discussion on New Worlds, World Views, and their connection to the expanding digital world. So then I went home and was checking my yahoo account, when I came across the following story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100902/lf_nm_life/us_britain_hawking. After reading it I thought back to the 8th grade when a fellow student told me that there was no way I could understand the universe if I had a religious perspective, and thought that it and us had been created by a loving Heavenly Father, which we have by the way, and that I should stop thinking about it. From that I learned that many people still believe that churches in general is seeking to squash all science, which makes me sad because I don't see that as true, at least not with my faith.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Thomas More's Utopia excerpt...
I have previously read Thomas More's Utopia, but rereading this excerpt (http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/utopialearning.htm) alone, helped me to apply it directly to my life.
One of the things I hate the most about being well, human, is the limitations imposed by our bodies. I love learning, I would willingly spend just about every moment I could in a classroom, or engaged in some sort of productive conversation. But as was said Tuesday in class, "The problem with knowledge is that there is simply too much of it". And so as I read about the Utopians, I admire their thirst for knowledge, it makes me happy. Because that is the other thing that simply kills me, when people refuse to learn, to expand their world, what is there to be afraid of? But as I believe Plato once said something to the effect of "you can't force people to leave their world for yours...
One of the things I hate the most about being well, human, is the limitations imposed by our bodies. I love learning, I would willingly spend just about every moment I could in a classroom, or engaged in some sort of productive conversation. But as was said Tuesday in class, "The problem with knowledge is that there is simply too much of it". And so as I read about the Utopians, I admire their thirst for knowledge, it makes me happy. Because that is the other thing that simply kills me, when people refuse to learn, to expand their world, what is there to be afraid of? But as I believe Plato once said something to the effect of "you can't force people to leave their world for yours...
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Erin...
Hello!
This is my first attempt at blog, and really a push through the door of on-line communication. As I begin this project I'm reminded of a scene from one of my favorite shows, Criminal Minds. In it David is reading the bog of a women and says something to the effect of who cares about this much detail of their lives? To which Derek replies, "Well, that's the running joke isn't it? We'd all like to think that someone actually cares, when no one does." So, I hope you all care enough to read my thought, as I post them for the world to see. ;D
This is my first attempt at blog, and really a push through the door of on-line communication. As I begin this project I'm reminded of a scene from one of my favorite shows, Criminal Minds. In it David is reading the bog of a women and says something to the effect of who cares about this much detail of their lives? To which Derek replies, "Well, that's the running joke isn't it? We'd all like to think that someone actually cares, when no one does." So, I hope you all care enough to read my thought, as I post them for the world to see. ;D
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)