http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/cosmos-a-spacetime-odyssey/episodes/the-rivers-of-life/
(This is a really weird reflection that mostly pertains to physics, but I got extremely excited and wanted to write about it)
While watching this show, I thought about our lives on Earth and our connections with everyone and everything around us. I have a lot of connections with other earthlings on earth not only because of our DNA and how we all have some sort of similar connection, but also because we, as humans, use majority of other earthlings to survive or depend on. And in rare occasions, vice versa. We feed upon other earthlings and share or destroy ecosystems in which they live and we live in as well. We as humans have the great tendency to put us as a species above others, and that is why it is difficult for some to find connections between us and them. I think that humans have this odd thing where we think we are "supreme" and the higher intelligences, when in reality, we aren't very intelligent at all. We put certain traits and personalities such as talking (an intelligence that majority of species can not do) before other species' amazing traits because they seem to be less smart. Even though we are the species that takes this to the extreme, other species do also "reign" over others. Lions over gazelle, shark over fish, etc., but the difference from their connections and ours with other species is that we aren't predators for majority. I think that is why there is an issue with those who are vegetarian and those who aren't. We think that we have the right to kill animals for food and that is wrong, is the opinion of vegetarians, while carnivores see us as another species such as a lion who feed on other prey. So which one is correct or just? Not using all of our power, or being one of the species?
For some reason odd scenarios and thoughts (like above) seem to pop into my mind when thinking about the basics of life. I think it's because I want to delve deeper into situations and the ones that I think of are ones that I seem to tackle first. I know some of my scenarios or thinkings are odd and sometimes unintelligent, but regardless of what it is, I think that reflecting or writing about it helps me decipher my thoughts. (Sorry for this off-topic stuff.)
(This is a really weird reflection that mostly pertains to physics, but I got extremely excited and wanted to write about it)
While watching this show, I thought about our lives on Earth and our connections with everyone and everything around us. I have a lot of connections with other earthlings on earth not only because of our DNA and how we all have some sort of similar connection, but also because we, as humans, use majority of other earthlings to survive or depend on. And in rare occasions, vice versa. We feed upon other earthlings and share or destroy ecosystems in which they live and we live in as well. We as humans have the great tendency to put us as a species above others, and that is why it is difficult for some to find connections between us and them. I think that humans have this odd thing where we think we are "supreme" and the higher intelligences, when in reality, we aren't very intelligent at all. We put certain traits and personalities such as talking (an intelligence that majority of species can not do) before other species' amazing traits because they seem to be less smart. Even though we are the species that takes this to the extreme, other species do also "reign" over others. Lions over gazelle, shark over fish, etc., but the difference from their connections and ours with other species is that we aren't predators for majority. I think that is why there is an issue with those who are vegetarian and those who aren't. We think that we have the right to kill animals for food and that is wrong, is the opinion of vegetarians, while carnivores see us as another species such as a lion who feed on other prey. So which one is correct or just? Not using all of our power, or being one of the species?
For some reason odd scenarios and thoughts (like above) seem to pop into my mind when thinking about the basics of life. I think it's because I want to delve deeper into situations and the ones that I think of are ones that I seem to tackle first. I know some of my scenarios or thinkings are odd and sometimes unintelligent, but regardless of what it is, I think that reflecting or writing about it helps me decipher my thoughts. (Sorry for this off-topic stuff.)