Science and Uncertainity

This article says that "I cannot imagine a time when all our questions will do more than raise new questions" I understood this as a counterproductive statement to the exploration of the unknown by the collective mankind, in this this essence, recessive to science, as this is what I understand science to be. An exploration of the unknown. What extended my knowledge was that they said the whole process was like telling a story. One makes up a story and is curious whether it is true, so they design an experiment to prove it right. The inaccuracy of this is that sometimes when you want something to to be the truth, one has tendency to overlook barriers preventing this and to stretch the truth until its is so farfetched, in order to make that story validated. I would love for this article to explore different aspect of the slowing down and regulation of scientific progress, and the balance between using science to fuel revenues and whether this is more important than constantly changing perspectives which force the rest of the world in response, to deconstruct and reconstruct again fitting the new model.

Indeginous Knowledge Beliefs

As civilizations have formed around the world, it is easy to think that the one we are part of, which has most of its roots in England, is the way of life that should be regarded as "normal". This is because we rationalize and assume that 'since I am doing it, and the people around me are doing it' it must be the right thing to do. This comes from the natural human instinct to conform to social norms, because in our subconscious, we find that this is a necessary tool for survival and it will enable us to pass our genes on to other generations. For example, I was a caveman in the BC's travelling across snowy plains with my tribe, or what have you... It would be wisest to stay together and to do what other people are doing. If i strayed off on my own, and started having my own agenda, this would certainly lead to my death because it would mean I would have no support since i decided to not stay together. This remains a core trait of human beings today. With indigenous cultures, many aspects of their daily life are very different to our own because, how we have carried out our lives has absolutely no influence on how they have. Indigenous cultures are simply learning from their own experiences and have adapted to their surroundings as well as they could.

In Tibet, bodies of those that have passed away are cut in various places and laid on a mountaintop where it is exposed to the natural elements of nature, including animals. The ritual signifies the fleetingness of life and is considered to be a generous act, and a balance of nature as it provides food for the animals, as animals have provided food for humans. The ritual to me is understandable and brings to mind, Ying-Yang. 

"The soil is eaten by the worm, the worm is eaten by the bird, the bird is eaten by the snake, the snake  is eaten by the leopard. When the leopard dies, it goes back to the soil. Such is the nature of nature." -African Proverb

Is History A Science?

The question on whether history is a science is based on how accurately view history as a credible source for information which we can percieve as a fact with no with no or little doubt of  inaccuracy.
   Science on the other hand is viewed as fact. This means that it will be noted down as being 'true' until proven otherwise. This has become the norm because scientific experiments are done as they are looked into and can be proven because the viewers sense perception allows them to be convinced that this is fact.
   In the case of history, this is mostly based on speculation and intuition where the event that is being assessed, transpired prior to its importance in the historians eyes, and he as to look back and find 2nd hand accounts and artifacts that prove his theory.