Nietzche

This movie was kinda creepy, as always, but the overall idea was interesting. First of all, there is no such thing as reincarnation. It doesn't even make sense. How could we possibly be born again? It makes no sense whatsoever. Secondly, how could we ever life the exact same life over and over again, when the world is constantly changing? Things would be different when we were born again, and therefore couldn't be the exact same. If you were living in the 1920's as a teenager, you probably wouldn't have a car, because it was the depression and there was no way a 16 year old or his parents could afford a car. If you were living in the year 2007 as a 16 year old, you would most likely own a car.

Eternal recurrence

Nietzche proposes an interesting idea. Definitely one to ponder. I know that living the same life over and over again is a myth, but it makes me wonder whether or not I would want this. On the one hand, it would be nice to be living again, to experience life again, and to go through some of the great experiences that I have gone through. On the other hand, I have had some bad experiences, and I don't know if I would want to go through them again. And the other thing that would be an issue is whether or not I would have knowledge of already having led this life. If so, then it would be torture to have to go through it again, and actually quite impossible, because then I would intentionally do things differently just to make sure I didn't live the same life. All in all, even though it is a myth, I definitely wouldn't want to go through the same life again.

Homosexuality over the years

I do find it interesting how in the beginning of the film Flame On, it shows how homosexuality used to be viewed in the early 20th century. Amazing. Times have really changed. To think that they used to look down upon men being half naked in the movies and in magazines because guys might start to think about the idea? Amazing. Times have definitely changed, because now we see naked men all the time, and the topic never really comes up. I guess it will get a little better as the years go on, since it is still looked down upon by overall society, but I don't think it will ever be completely accepted. At least not as long as Christians are around. I happen to be one of them.

Flame on!

Haha, hilarious video, my favorite yet. At first, you think it is an entire movie about homosexuality and how it is looked down upon by society. Then you realize that the true meaning is that some things seem like a bad thing at first, but over time end up being really good things. I guess this is true, although somethings are bad and they always stay bad. I believe that homosexuality is gradually becoming more and more accepted by society, but I still think of it as morally wrong, and a sin. But that's my Christian point of view. That won't ever change for me, and it shouldn't really change for Christians over time. Our beliefs won't change, so how can our views on homosexuality? I am tolerant, but not embracing of the idea. But either way, the video was good, easy to watch and understand.

More on the guy

I liked what Edelman had to say about Darwin robots, and how they took on certain tasks, and no two robots did anything the same, even though they were identical. It was pretty cool how they could play a really basic form of soccer as well.
I enjoyed his description of human perception and our memory. He seems to believe that every perception that we have is an active creation and every active memory that we have is really an active imagination, which is crazy to think. It seems like our perceptions create a picture of the world that is unique to each and every one of us, and the memories that we have are unique only to us as well. The mind is truly an amazing creation by God.

Edelman

Gerald Edelman, is a very fascinating man, but can be very confusing at times if you are not a science major. Luckily I am. Parts of it were still difficult to follow. I appreciated his description of how he viewed the mind. He doesn't see it as a computer, but more of a jungle. He believes that it has structure, but also a lot of variability as the individuality of everyone's brain demonstrates so well. He gives a great description of the individuality that people possess, even if there is still similarities between the structure of one's brain with another.

Piece of meat

This video is pretty much what we have already been reading about. The idea that neurons actually make up our true conscience. Again, I don't really believe this, I believe that I have a choice in what my body is going to do, and I don't always have to give into what it may physiologically want. But I guess one can also say that that is a matter of my body choosing this for me as well. But as a Christian, we have this belief that the body is only an earthly thing, and that our souls are truly who we are. I guess this is what I believe, as much as I love my body and believe it to be who I really am.