Week 7 - Jane Kwak
In Robert Lanza’s
“A New Theory of the Universe,” he talks about how life cannot be fully understood
by means of science. Though the field of
science is continually growing, we are far from fully understanding life,
because science does not account for perception and experiences. At a very young age, we begin learning
science in order to explain different aspects of our world through observation
and experimentation. As we grow older,
we are expected to continue our search to explain new ideas in our world
through the use of multiple kinds of sciences.
We are encouraged to be curious and search for answers to any questions
they may have. Our education system
teaches students that the only way to find answers to our questions is through
science. We do not like the unknown, so
in order to explain certain phenomenon, we devised theories or ideas about the
world based on our own perception. The
desire to provide an explanation for everything in this world relates for our
need for control.
Each generation of
researchers builds their theories off of older researchers’ theories, instead
of questioning them. We trust that the
explanations of researchers from previous generations are true. Although theories are tested multiple times
in order to check for validity and reliability, these concepts are
man-made. Humans produced explanations
for the situations they were in at that time.
The differences of perception in certain situations are not considered. Instead of considering how the peoples’
perception could have influenced their findings, we grasp the explanation
tightly because we fear the possibility of not having answers to our questions.
Question:
Are fear and the need for control the
reasons why people believe that everything needs an explanation that only science
is able to provide?
Reference:
Lanza, Robert. “A New Theory of the
Universe.” The American Scholar. 3,
Mar. 2017.
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