Post by hasanb on Mar 14, 2016 5:03:28 GMT
1- If I were forced to live over and over again, I would likely do many things differently. Since this notion challenges my current beliefs in regards to an afterlife, I would likely abandon them. Therefore, with religion removed from my life, I can confidently say I would no longer be the person I am today. A whole new world would be opened to me; those actions and things which were hitherto verboten for me, would now be allowed. I would effectively become another person, and everything about me would likely change. From my dietary habits, to my social interactions, to my moral philosophy, to my worldview, I would be an entirely different person. Because these changes would come with a side effect of sorts—that I would be reliving that life ad infinitum—I would have to consolidate my choices and actions, doing only those which provided me the most pleasure. For example, if, hypothetically, a certain career choice would give me a lifestyle I wanted, but had some drawbacks, instead of looking at merely from a simple cost-benefit point-of-view, I would like analyze it to see if it would be worth the infinite amount of times I would be living it. Thus, even the most simple action, from my dinner choice—to savor the warmed food, or eat the cold food quickly so I could sleep—would become an important and momentous decision. I would, in conclusion, change many facets of my current life, and they are too numerous to enumerate in entirety.
2- The most significant barrier to knowledge, I feel, is simply the constraint of time. There is only so much time that the average human spends on earth. Although many of the greatest contributors to science have lived many decades—as do most other humans—they were also limited by time. Envisage a scientist the likes of Einstein or Bohr living for hundreds of years. With rapidly advancing technology, Einstein could contribute to science unlike any other mere mortals. Therefore, the single greatest limiter of my understanding must be time. Given enough time, I believe I could contribute to the frontiers of science, too. Unfortunately, such is not life, and limited I am to a mere few decades.
3- Although based simply on the amount of time I have invested in technology, nothing parallels the PC, or based simply on the level of continuous accessibility, nothing parallels the smartphone, one certain device which I have grown to appreciate and use more than ever, recently, is the primitive virtual reality that Google's Cardboard offers. After hearing Professor Lane extol the marvels of virtual reality—humankind’s newest foray into technology, I purchased a unit from Amazon. It is absolutely amazing and breathtaking to observe a world where everything is virtual, yet so naturally extant. A turn of the head reveals the view from behind, whereas on the normal screen, a turn of the head merely reveals the ugly paint on the wall behind oneself. It is a whole new world, one which I have been most recently introduced to, and it is the one I am most attached to. It simply is mind-blowing. As for my friends, they are unfortunately either unaware or uninterested in this newest endeavor of humankind, and are left out. They are satisfied with their plebeian smartphones and computers. Although there are many pros, there are not too many cons to new technology. It is better than older ways of entertainment, education, and communication in nearly every regard. Save for some fringe-groups that call for banning electronic devices for “killer rays,” one is hard-pressed to find an authoritative source that can prove any harms of technology beyond reasonable and sensible use.
2- The most significant barrier to knowledge, I feel, is simply the constraint of time. There is only so much time that the average human spends on earth. Although many of the greatest contributors to science have lived many decades—as do most other humans—they were also limited by time. Envisage a scientist the likes of Einstein or Bohr living for hundreds of years. With rapidly advancing technology, Einstein could contribute to science unlike any other mere mortals. Therefore, the single greatest limiter of my understanding must be time. Given enough time, I believe I could contribute to the frontiers of science, too. Unfortunately, such is not life, and limited I am to a mere few decades.
3- Although based simply on the amount of time I have invested in technology, nothing parallels the PC, or based simply on the level of continuous accessibility, nothing parallels the smartphone, one certain device which I have grown to appreciate and use more than ever, recently, is the primitive virtual reality that Google's Cardboard offers. After hearing Professor Lane extol the marvels of virtual reality—humankind’s newest foray into technology, I purchased a unit from Amazon. It is absolutely amazing and breathtaking to observe a world where everything is virtual, yet so naturally extant. A turn of the head reveals the view from behind, whereas on the normal screen, a turn of the head merely reveals the ugly paint on the wall behind oneself. It is a whole new world, one which I have been most recently introduced to, and it is the one I am most attached to. It simply is mind-blowing. As for my friends, they are unfortunately either unaware or uninterested in this newest endeavor of humankind, and are left out. They are satisfied with their plebeian smartphones and computers. Although there are many pros, there are not too many cons to new technology. It is better than older ways of entertainment, education, and communication in nearly every regard. Save for some fringe-groups that call for banning electronic devices for “killer rays,” one is hard-pressed to find an authoritative source that can prove any harms of technology beyond reasonable and sensible use.
