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BLOB_CASTLE  ·  4337 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Thought on Dark Matter

Hahaha, I love the boldness of your writing.

    We can only hear oscillations between 20 times per second and 16,000 times per second.
You bring up an interesting point. Because we can only here those things, do you think it is against our nature to strive to do more that is inherent of us? I think nature has a way of telling us what we should and shouldn't do based on our biology, and that trying to become 'superhuman' will bring on a wide array of trouble.




kleinbl00  ·  4336 days ago  ·  link  ·  

...so because we can only resolve one arcsecond using our vision we are somehow "against God" for inventing binoculars?

"If God intended us to fly he would have given us wings?"

BLOB_CASTLE  ·  4336 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I wouldn't say against God. Against our own nature is more accurate. Now this is just be rambling, but say we were only meant to see so little for a reason. What if eventually we saw something we weren't meant to see and would result in catastrophe? Hypothetical situation, but one worth pondering.

kleinbl00  ·  4336 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not worth pondering. The minute you start jumping at shadows is the minute you give up reason.

BLOB_CASTLE  ·  4336 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    The minute you start jumping at shadows is the minute you give up reason.

I feel this contradicts what you've been saying. I would say that jumping at shadows, however pointless it may be, is idealistic and leads to innovation through imagination.