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Old 25-05-2009, 02:12 AM
Karls48 (Karl)
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It is very interesting to read views of two teachers and reflect on what sort of benefits the “education” has given me. Beside of literacy and basic mathematics – not much. Probably greatest lesson the school teach me is not to trust any authority. I think that about half of things that I learn in History, Biology and Physics classes some forty-five years ago are not true today. I think that there is a need for Philosophy to be included in curriculum in schools at very early age and to be given same importance as the Maths and Physics. The schools should teach how to think not what to think.
I have to say that I wish I had teachers like marki and Robh.
Back to “Missing link”. I don’t realty understand why everyone who contributed to this tread takes Evolution v Creations in Christianity context. After all every religion I’m aware of is a political system with main purpose of controlling the population. Unfortunately it seems that Science is becoming new religion. I was atheist from age five (long story as to why) but some years ago I come to conclusion that me being atheist is hypocritical because I cannot (to my satisfaction) disprove existence of some sort of Creator. Because of that I would describe myself as agnostic. Evolution is very plausible explanation as how the all-living things come to existence. But there is one big problem. The first organism that can be considered as Life is supposed to start in primordial sea by action of ultraviolet radiation and electrical discharges acting on chemical compounds contained in seawater. There have been many experiments trying to create Life by mimicking conditions that existed when first Life appear on the Earth. Although experiments did created from inorganic compounds all sorts of complex organic molecules, none (to my knowledge) did produced something that can reproduce itself and therefore can be considered Life.
I do not propose that some sort of Creator has created Life. I’m simply saying that so far – we don’t know.
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