DISCRIMINATION
None would object if I term the human brain to be the most advanced among all organisms. However, when this amazing power of the brain is used for negative or selfish activities, the glory of the positive achievements diminishes. Take for example the case of applying science to develop new technology. On one hand, humans have created the light bulb while on the other hand, they've also created nuclear weapons. Both are examples of science being applied to develop something, however, the purpose also matters. Developing the light bulb can be termed as a positive achievement of the human brain whereas nuclear weapons can be termed as something created for negative purposes.
When one comes across the word above, he/she will most probably relate it to the way some humans have treated fellow humans all over the world over time. And so did I. Discrimination and such differences that humans have generated among themselves, are, like many other malpractices today, a result of the mixing of BAG, as I term it. I define BAG to be Brain And Greed.
None would object if I term the human brain to be the most advanced among all organisms. However, when this amazing power of the brain is used for negative or selfish activities, the glory of the positive achievements diminishes. Take for example the case of applying science to develop new technology. On one hand, humans have created the light bulb while on the other hand, they've also created nuclear weapons. Both are examples of science being applied to develop something, however, the purpose also matters. Developing the light bulb can be termed as a positive achievement of the human brain whereas nuclear weapons can be termed as something created for negative purposes.
Something similar do I apply toward discrimination. When the species of humans were created, no human was given some extra or special advantage over other humans by nature. Then how should we understand the development of such mass-scale discrimination? I simply believe that some used the brain for selfish purposes and looked to control others. Then came this discrimination. Humans 'classified' themselves, based on various features or thoughts. That's fine. But the wrong part in it is that this classification was not a simple tree chart but a pyramid. In other words, some classes were considered to be 'better' than others. Take for example, things like racism. The race of a human is totally decided by nature and nature yields no special benefit to a particular race. Similar was the spate of many classes as per various classifications.
Further, humans didn't stop there. Discrimination was extended to various species. Boasting of the most complex body structure, and a highly capable brain, humans considered themselves to be the most 'advanced' species. What next? Poaching, hunting, killing as well as forest fires. Here's one picture that I came across on the net. It perfectly describes what I'm trying to say:
Further, humans didn't stop there. Discrimination was extended to various species. Boasting of the most complex body structure, and a highly capable brain, humans considered themselves to be the most 'advanced' species. What next? Poaching, hunting, killing as well as forest fires. Here's one picture that I came across on the net. It perfectly describes what I'm trying to say:
We were all pitted as equals. May it be in the case of humans, or organisms. Using feelings like greed and feeding it by the power of the brain to selfish benefits is absolutely incorrect for any organism/ human to do. I suppose we should all respect nature and its creations.
This example of countries creating nuclear weapons to defend themselves....doesn't it show that, somehow, we humans still don't trust each other on 'international scales'? That we always think 'they were the ones who started it' and so, under this pretext, arm ourselves for war.....when there is none?
ReplyDeleteIt is time to stop blaming the world for our mistakes and, thus, to rise above them and bring forth the true potential, of the human race, for the greater good.
We forget that all we are is a chunk of flesh, that other living organisms would call excrutiatingly misshapen, made up of various kinds of cellular material, and surviving only due to an infinite number of chemical reactions that occur within our bodies every few seconds.
ReplyDeleteWell said. We exist because of certain reactions within our cells. And so do all other living organisms. The difference,as I mentioned earlier, is due to humans mixing BAG for selfish purposes.
DeleteNot just humans, but many other species in the animal kingdom also exhibit the discrimation (and some could be due to their own B.A.G. too). Take for example the honey bees - the Queen bee taking the position of the head or the Lion being regarded as the king of the jungle and being treated as superior to a more majestic elephant, or a more royal tiger or a more agile cheetah. Has nature (and I am going beyond mankind in nature) forced all organisms to discrimate in this dog-eat-dog (or should i say man-eat-man) world?
ReplyDeleteWell that is true. Though the lion is regarded as the King of the Jungle by humans, he is so because of his ferocious nature. But I feel that this should still not be a good reason to classify this way. Cause then I would call bacteria as the 'King of all climate' you know.. they can survive like anywhere. Just because a species has some special ability, it should not be placed above another one. Every species is special in its own way.
ReplyDeleteTalking about the Queen Bee:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_bee#Daily_life_for_the_queen
Check this link. In my opinion, nature never 'vertically classified' organisms, just gave each species some special ability. The way we, humans, have compared this to the way human civilizations work and then looked at abilities as 'special powers' has in my opinion introduced such classifications among all organisms. You know, like calling the 'queen bee' the 'queen' bee and the lion the 'king' of the jungle.