A Quick Request for NHN Peers

Hey there, This is for the people of The Nature of Human Nature Class:

I just wanted to make a quick request for when anyone is interested in commenting or responding to one of my posts; would you please post your response as a comment on my original post rather than telling me that you did? I know that it is a silly little thing, but I'd like to keep your responses on here so that I can refer back to them easily.

Also, I'm not asking you not to post it on your own blog, that would be rediculous of me being that it is a requirement of the course haha, I just want to keep it organized this way!

Thanks, and I hope that this isn't to much of a pain!

~Alex

This is a Response to Yvonne's Post

The Question that immediately caught my attention was "If a sixth sense exsists are people without it percieving a false world?"

I have two answers for this. The first will entertain the thought that you can in some way discover this sixth sense, for in this case you would be able to prove that there is indeed a poor understanding in the general population of the world. Thus you would have gained the ability to percieve what you think is the real world with the additional bennefit of enjoying it in a new way. But in this statement I would like to point out that I don't think that it would make the world any more correct or incorrect to you or anyone, for it would still be the same place, you could only be able to Percieve it in a new way.

Secondly. What does it matter if the world isn't the same to someone else as it is to you? In some cases, people have red and green backwards in their vision: they see a nice spring day with the simple grey sidewalk and brown tree trunks, but the grass and leaves on tress are vibrant red. Does this make the world more real for them than it does for you? Would you even be able to prove the difference of reality to them? And even if you could prove these things, what difference would this make to your understanding of the world in terms of reality?

The point is, the world is what you make of it, perception is just as much in the eye of the beholder as is beauty.
~Alex

Food For Thought:

A general question was brought up in class the other day, and I think that it has an interesting and compelling argument to it. The original question started in our text asking: Do we have free will? As if this question wasn't difficult enough to wrap your head around, the more relevant question to my interests that was spawned from this was: "Do we think as a free mind, or are our thoughts provoked by others?" This question was one that I had underestimated, for it argues whether or not our personal creativity is something that we come up with, or rather something that is brought on by another’s actions. Now that I have had the time to think it over though, here is my response: I think that it is a combination of both that adds progress to human development. For we could by no possible means think up everything that is going on in the modern day world nor put it into action by ourselves; but at the same time the world that we take part in everyday has been produced. Thus my response becomes relevant, for what I feel is that the singular person can think on his own with a free mind, but there would be no growth for that person without a partner in crime to validate the process and let that thought grow. Without the input and critique of another, there can be only so much that would develop from such an individual idea. Therefore, we can think and produce thoughts on our own, but they can only be improved by the thoughts of others. Any takers?