Re: The Little Things that Jiggle (post 14)

I'd have to disagree whole-heartedly. Something is in existence that can comprehend itself, or is attempting to do so, human beings. Yes, other groups of species may not ponder the questions we ponder, but they do not obtain the capacity to function on such a level. I don't think that a strong argument against scientific inquiry could ever be that because other don't we shouldn't either. If you believe in purpose then we were given, or evolved to the point that we have for a reason. For that we should not sit statically back and devolve; we are performing the duty for which we were made.
The fact that nothing else is evolved to the point of consciousness should be more of a motivator. We are unique and our specialness should not be squandered away with complacency or slothfulness. To simply get by is a waste of materials and tools you come supplied with. If you don't make something with them, if you don't utilize the best aspects and advantages of your species, why have them?
This is not to say that we should not be thankful, or that we should occupy our every waking moment with an insane lust for the acquisition of knowledge. It is to say that there can be a harmony among the two. That either extreme is a complete miss of that balance. Please don't let questions that have gone unanswered or their ambiguity, indefinability, let you not utilize your creativity and imagination. Aspire for more!

--- In msacphilosophygroup@yahoogroups.com, "jazzygrill" wrote:
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> Life is made up of the smallest things unimaginable and undescribable
> yet we try our very best to define all the information that we have
> with it instead of accepting it as is. We have a lust for knowledge
> instead of a thankfulness for it.
>
> Nothing that exists can comprehend itself. Sit and watch the birds for
> a moment, they do not drive themselves crazy trying to find out what
> they were created for they just "are" they just live for what they are
> purposed for. Our species lusts and thrives off of the unknown but that
> is why it is called the "unknown" and we should leave it that way.
> Enjoy what we have and be thankful for it
>