Umm...

So I have no idea what to write about. Oh okay, here's a thought. Someone mentioned in class something about how maybe the advancement of the human race should stop, or something of the sort. Anyhoo, I think that people are beginning to experiment and change things a little too much for my liking, what, with Global Warming and talk of Designer Babies I think it might be time we backed off of technology for awhile. Although don't get me wrong, advancements in medicine and such is really good but do we really have to try and change the human genome or play with nanotechnology..? Another positive aspect is that humans are trying to experiment to reverse the effects of what we've done but not everyone is so it's a really touchy issue.. Well yeah, that's about all I have to say for now so.. see ya! :)

Empericism vs. Rationalism

Okay, so I think I agree with rationalism because although the idea that all our perceptions could be wrong is very skeptic, I think it's plausible. Rene Descartes' idea that genuine knowledge IS possible but only through mathematically based scientific reasoning makes sense to me because everything in math can be easily proved. While trying to prove that the chair is actually red to someone else could be very difficult because we can't be sure we see what everyone else sees. I think everyone experiences things differently based on the fact that no two people are exactly alike-even if they're twins. If everyone experiences things differently then their perceptions could all be different. This would make Empericism wrong because it is solely based on the way we perceive things. It says if we gain knowledge through experience but if everyone experiences things in a different way it would mean that everyone could have different knowledge about the same subject; which doesn't make sense. So those are my thoughts... :) Au revoir!