User blog comment:Jeremiah Garland/The Inapposite and Superfluous Philosophical Enigmas of Jeremiah Garland/@comment-2040576-20130607181630

I am no "philosophist", but my opinion is as good as any so:


 * 1) Although, I do follow a religion I am not going to go into that, because I am not extremely religious nor do I feel it an appropriate answer. I have thought about this sort of thing and what I asked myself was "What seems to drive humans the most? What things are we the most obsessed with, and why?". So, my answer is our purposes are: survival, reproduction and to do things that please ourselves. Survival and reproduction is key among all living creatures. I suppose reproduction stems from the survival thing, but hey, we are pretty damn obsessed with it. I am not so sure where exactly the drive to only please ourselves comes from, because that is not really seen in nature that I can think of.
 * 2) I could not agree more with Nults! Yet, the fact that we at least try to believe we are good or strive for it makes me think that somewhere, perhaps in the nature unique to humans, that we are good.
 * 3) Utopia cannot exist. I am a fan of balance, so I think the idea of a society where everything is perfect is ridiculous and to me, it is not ideal. I like the bad stuff in life, it often keeps me entertained or just makes the good so much more worth while.
 * 4) Religion - I suppose to explain what they did not understand, but I am a believer so perhaps by some divine means it came about (not really up for a big debate about it). Government - Technically, we were never really without some sort of leader. In nature, animals that live in groups almost always have a dominant figure and I guess we have always been the same, except for the fact that our leadership system has evolved. Economy - This one is interesting. In our early history, we hunted and gathered as a group to provide for each other and share what we had, however, our needs/wants were simpler than. As our communities grew, so did the needs of the whole, and not every man could go and hunt and farm and build and fight and so on, so I think this ties in with occupation as well. Because each member of the communities could only focus on certain tasks to keep their "society" alive, this evolved into jobs, where each did something they could use to contribute to the community. I guess at some point we stopped throwing stuff in a pile and sharing it and just traded it instead, and when inventions came about, I am sure people were all like "Dude, I will totally give you this wheat for that wheel!", naturally this was satisfactory and ideal to us and it did not destroy the system of the group surviving, we still rely on each other, but just in a more external way. Language - Without this we would never be where we are today. Communication is pretty important, no need to elaborate. Property - Meh, just refer to my economy bit. While they do cause riffs, I do not think any of these things are necessarily bad, it is us who allows them to cause riffs and we are the ones who handle this things incorrectly.
 * 5) Definitely notorious, can't really think of other explanations as to why besides what has been said. I do think many people are remember for their good deeds though such as famous scientists and leaders, namely Albert Einstein and Nelson Mandela (yes, I am totally representing :P).
 * 6) Nope, technology is great and we were pretty corrupt to start with. Now we are just corrupt with cooler gadgets and longer lifespans. I am quite the fan of history though, and wish I could live in a simpler time such as the days of the Roman Empire, the Dark Ages or the 1700s.
 * 7) I am not much of an appreciater of visual art which is sad really, but art is open-ended and as long as someone appreciates it as art, I guess it is. I like literary art, music, dance and that sort of stuff (not really an enthusiast, but I do like it).
 * 8) Tough one, I guess that depends on the type of person. People learn in different ways, some are naturally smart, others need visual or physical stimulation, some just have to study etc, but that is not really what is being asked. I guess both have an effect, because our memories are often associated with images or something to do with our senses, but rational is just as big a factor.
 * 9) Realistic, as earlier stated. I am pretty balanced. I consider myself quite the cynic, but I am a generally happy person. I think looking at things realistically is the ideal way to go about things.
 * 10) I guess we are. Thinking about our fight or flight instinct and aggressive behaviour, yeah.