"Shortly after Blogger launched photo uploading two years ago, one of our engineers whipped up a web page that would show us the pictures that were being uploaded in real time. The result was fun, often beautiful, but above all, compelling. We couldn’t stop watching."
I saw this when i logged into blogger this morning. Wondering what this new toy is, i clicked the link. I was wow-ed and amazed by the pictures that I see. It made me feel so small yet unique in this world that we live in.
We're all born different. No one better than the other. Perhaps better or well adapted to live in certain environment, but never completely better. This is the basis of evolution and effects of genetic variation. What we perceive as correct or norms are merely social constructs. Boundaries that societies set so that we can make sense of this complex world that we live in.
For example, many religions today claim that there is only one true god. Their god. But this belief system is very dependent on the cultural background of the person. In other words, what god I believe in actually depends on what culture and religion i am born into. The development of the human brain as we make sense of the world depends very much on our prior knowledge. In other words, what we both call green colour, may actually be different colours because our experiences and understanding with the colour green, were all different.
Interestingly, NGC is playing "In the womb" again. And I'm just so awed by the ever so diversified world that we live in. If the world is big, the universe is even bigger. But if our minds are small and narrow, humankind will never make progress. Geneticist Richard Dawkins wrote that biology raises the human consciousness and opens up the mind. It really does.
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