Well, I admit right in the beginning of this post that this isn't too much of a serious post. Just a fun thought that came up in my mind recently.
So I begin with the knowledge of disasters that is planted in every child's brain when in school. When we are taught about disasters, we are told that they are of two 'types' - natural and man-made. While natural disasters are caused by nature, man-made disasters are caused due to the actions and activities of man.
I now try to think of this in a bit different way. When we say 'man', we refer in general to humans. Humans (or Homo Sapiens) are actually nothing but another species on the face of the Earth. Like all other species, they too have evolved from some other species. In short, humans are also a result of evolution, just like all other species.
Now let us consider nature. What do we include in 'nature'? One often refers to the natural environment when talking about nature. So it shouldn't be inappropriate to consider nature to comprise of living things and non-living things. While non-living things may comprise of water, air, soil and stuff, living things include all the species of plants, animals, and all other organisms that carry out basic life processes like respiration and excretion to name a few. In my previous paragraph, however, I've pointed out that humans also are a species of the same kind.
So in short, humans are like all other organisms whom we together call "nature". That is, humans themselves form a part of the same 'nature'. All that is different with us is that we are more complex in body organisation, and have developed impressive communication techniques. But that doesn't distinguish us from nature. Each organism has its own specialties.
The point I'm trying to make finally, is that there barely lies a proper reason to separate man-made and nature. If it was just because man can 'make' things, I recall the good old weaver bird who can 'make' really fabulous things.
Man has let his himself fall prey to the pride he feels of his achievements and tends to look at himself as a class part. In my opinion, this has also been the basis for the immense amount of discrimination that occurs today in society, which in fact should be the next topic I take up for this blog.
So I begin with the knowledge of disasters that is planted in every child's brain when in school. When we are taught about disasters, we are told that they are of two 'types' - natural and man-made. While natural disasters are caused by nature, man-made disasters are caused due to the actions and activities of man.
I now try to think of this in a bit different way. When we say 'man', we refer in general to humans. Humans (or Homo Sapiens) are actually nothing but another species on the face of the Earth. Like all other species, they too have evolved from some other species. In short, humans are also a result of evolution, just like all other species.
Now let us consider nature. What do we include in 'nature'? One often refers to the natural environment when talking about nature. So it shouldn't be inappropriate to consider nature to comprise of living things and non-living things. While non-living things may comprise of water, air, soil and stuff, living things include all the species of plants, animals, and all other organisms that carry out basic life processes like respiration and excretion to name a few. In my previous paragraph, however, I've pointed out that humans also are a species of the same kind.
So in short, humans are like all other organisms whom we together call "nature". That is, humans themselves form a part of the same 'nature'. All that is different with us is that we are more complex in body organisation, and have developed impressive communication techniques. But that doesn't distinguish us from nature. Each organism has its own specialties.
The point I'm trying to make finally, is that there barely lies a proper reason to separate man-made and nature. If it was just because man can 'make' things, I recall the good old weaver bird who can 'make' really fabulous things.
Man has let his himself fall prey to the pride he feels of his achievements and tends to look at himself as a class part. In my opinion, this has also been the basis for the immense amount of discrimination that occurs today in society, which in fact should be the next topic I take up for this blog.
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