(published in the college magazine of the Physics Department in its 2009. To view this please visit http://kmcollege.com/colleges/notes-tut/112718052010131540.1.pdf on pages 26-29)
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With due respect to Darwin’s theory, I have always felt great difficulty in accepting it. I could never ignore the striking distinction between us and all other creatures of earth. Physically and structurally it is said that we are at the end of the evolution-chain. We are made to notice the gradual change in the structure of the creatures placed in this chain. But why it is that there is no such gradual change in the mental strength of the creatures on our earth? Chimpanzees are understood to be just before us in this chain and attempts are made to show that brain-wise they are closest to us. But is this statement true for each creature placed in this chain? Can’t we notice a catastrophic shift in the mental strength of human beings from all other creatures?
With due respect to Darwin’s theory, I have always felt great difficulty in accepting it. I could never ignore the striking distinction between us and all other creatures of earth. Physically and structurally it is said that we are at the end of the evolution-chain. We are made to notice the gradual change in the structure of the creatures placed in this chain. But why it is that there is no such gradual change in the mental strength of the creatures on our earth? Chimpanzees are understood to be just before us in this chain and attempts are made to show that brain-wise they are closest to us. But is this statement true for each creature placed in this chain? Can’t we notice a catastrophic shift in the mental strength of human beings from all other creatures?
What evolution???
What I notice is that the human beings are quite different from all other creatures of earth. Only we need clothes! Only we need cars! Only we need factories! Only we need electricity! Only we need pens! Only we need fans! Only we need cinema! Only we need guns! Only we need nuclear bombs! Only we need fridges! Only we need air-conditioners! Only we need ovens! Only we need fuels! Only we need papers! Only we need telephones! Only we need plastic! Name a single creature that needs even a pin! In fact, use of technology and learning from research activities separates us from all other creatures on earth. But strikingly, that is what goes against the nature!
And this is why there is another big ‘only’ with us! We are the only ones who try to imbalance nature!
What I notice is that the human beings are quite different from all other creatures of earth. Only we need clothes! Only we need cars! Only we need factories! Only we need electricity! Only we need pens! Only we need fans! Only we need cinema! Only we need guns! Only we need nuclear bombs! Only we need fridges! Only we need air-conditioners! Only we need ovens! Only we need fuels! Only we need papers! Only we need telephones! Only we need plastic! Name a single creature that needs even a pin! In fact, use of technology and learning from research activities separates us from all other creatures on earth. But strikingly, that is what goes against the nature!
And this is why there is another big ‘only’ with us! We are the only ones who try to imbalance nature!
Are we destructors???
We are the only creature that is not satisfied with what the nature has naturally given us. We want more even if it comes at the cost of the nature. Population growth creates burden on earth but remarkably only in the case of human beings.
Sometimes I think that probably human beings are planted on earth and that is why we are unfit to live here. We fight to live here somehow. Are we destined to destroy earth and lives on it? Aren’t we working in that direction? Most of our technological developments are in fact our fight against the nature. What is medical science? Even that is our fight against nature? Why do we want to fight against nature to stay longer on earth and create another imbalance on earth? Only we are the cause of greenhouse effect! Only we are the reason behind global warming! None of the other creatures can be blamed for developing weapons of mass destruction!
We are the only creature that is not satisfied with what the nature has naturally given us. We want more even if it comes at the cost of the nature. Population growth creates burden on earth but remarkably only in the case of human beings.
Sometimes I think that probably human beings are planted on earth and that is why we are unfit to live here. We fight to live here somehow. Are we destined to destroy earth and lives on it? Aren’t we working in that direction? Most of our technological developments are in fact our fight against the nature. What is medical science? Even that is our fight against nature? Why do we want to fight against nature to stay longer on earth and create another imbalance on earth? Only we are the cause of greenhouse effect! Only we are the reason behind global warming! None of the other creatures can be blamed for developing weapons of mass destruction!
Who are we???
Whereas other creatures seem to be adjusting well with not only the life but also the death planned for them on earth, we are satisfied with neither of them. Whereas others behave as if they are on earth just to live their life, we want to enjoy and extend our stay here! Whereas others give the impression that they are here with a purpose that goes beyond their life on earth, we are entirely ignorant of any other purpose. One who does not know the entire dynamics and purpose of our lives and beyond, can only take a ‘Kalidas approach’ of cutting the branch on which he hangs!! In the absence of any knowledge of the purpose of our stay on earth beyond our lives, we are here ultimately to destroy earth!!
Are we all here serving some sentence given somewhere else beyond the known boundaries of life? Are we in a prison? Are we already in a hell or heaven? Something is missing.
Whereas other creatures seem to be adjusting well with not only the life but also the death planned for them on earth, we are satisfied with neither of them. Whereas others behave as if they are on earth just to live their life, we want to enjoy and extend our stay here! Whereas others give the impression that they are here with a purpose that goes beyond their life on earth, we are entirely ignorant of any other purpose. One who does not know the entire dynamics and purpose of our lives and beyond, can only take a ‘Kalidas approach’ of cutting the branch on which he hangs!! In the absence of any knowledge of the purpose of our stay on earth beyond our lives, we are here ultimately to destroy earth!!
Are we all here serving some sentence given somewhere else beyond the known boundaries of life? Are we in a prison? Are we already in a hell or heaven? Something is missing.
Do you have answers???
