Hey! I am fast (: Look at the time. LOL. Okay, here's the reflection for my group!
Okay, my group reckon that there ARE indeed advantages about studying overseas. Although you have to leave everything down here in Singapore that you like to go over there just to study, there are indeed advantages, like you would be able to get a better job and you are exposed to more things around the world and that you have a wider perspective of studying as a whole.
Also, as my group did on psychology, we realised that there are more things out there than only Biology, Chemistry and Physics. We realised that the world out there is indeed very big and free for us to explore, and we should not be stuck here in our own little world, thinking that we are everything, we know everything, and we have seen everything. Also, there are the aviation and petroleum courses that the other groups presented on.
Therefore, we should all realise our potentials now, think about our future, and now what we want for ourselves now! (:
Group... Nameless Till Now!
Hsien Liang, Sheng Chow, Xin Yue, Kelvin, Sharontan (:
Monday 21 May 2007
Conflict of Beliefs. What I think of what he thinks.
refering to kevin's post, and also the film we watched...
humans, like any other living organism on this earth, strive for only one thing: Survival.
and also like any other living organism on this earth, he is also driven by one other thing: Fear.
Fear of factors that endanger his survival. Fear of factors that may endanger his survival. Fear of factors that seem to be endangering his survival. Fear of Differences.
in a possible scenario..
you were walking home peacefully. you're imagining eating dinner with your family comfortably at home later on before you start mugging. suddenly you see a cockroach approaching. you freeze. the neurones in your brain start firing. what is that thing? it's so small, it's got wierd things on its head, it's got six appendages and it looks dirty! ARGH! it doesn't look like me. it must be dangerous. i've got to protect myself. then you decide whether to run or to annihilate the threat by stepping on it. your brain starts calculating the risks involved in both possibilities. it figures that dirtying your shoe is not as bad as letting the threat live and later eat you alive. then you start stomping your feet.
have you ever thought about what the cockroach must be thinking? Imagine..
you were scurrying on the ground. sniffing the air for food. you pick up an scent. mmm, smells good. you follow the scent trail. you're looking forward to it cos you havent had a nice meal in ages. suddenly you sense something else. you stop in your tracks. you then see a human coming in between you and your meal. the neurones in your cerebral ganglia start firing. what is that thing? it's so big, it's got a wierd head with no feelers, it's only got four appendages and it's so undirty! YUCK! ARGH! it doesnt look like me. it must be dangerous. i've got to protect myself. then you decide whether to run to the nearest hole or confront the threat. your tiny brain starts calculating the risks involved in both possibilities. it figures that there is a higher chance that this thing would run cos all those you've before ran when you approached them. you then dash in its direction. you then experience darkness.
yea. so it really isn't so different how organisms think.
it even applies to face-offs within the same types of organisms.
like humans.
when the white people landed on a previously-assumed uninhabited island, they had a shock when they saw darker-skinned people waiting on the shores. the white people had never seen these people before. their instincts tell them that these people must be dangerous. cos they dont look like the white people. they must have some kind of a disease or something. they must be removed!
when the white people landed on their shores, the Aborigines must have had a shock to see wierd looking people with light skin and thick hide. they have never seen such people before. their instincts tell them that these people must be dangerous. cos they dont look like them. they must have some kind of disease or something. they must be removed!
both parties had the same thinking. but why was there only one that so-called succeeded?
because they could. they were the stronger ones, equipped with technology. they were the ones who had the advantage. they were the humans that could step on the cockroach.
the other party was weaker. they did not have technology on their side. all they had were hunting equipment. they were the ones who had the disadvantage. they were the cockroaches who could not scare the humans away.
life is all about survival. survival is all about winning. winning is all about advantage. advantage is all about differences. differences is all about nature. nature is all about life.
humans, like any other living organism on this earth, strive for only one thing: Survival.
and also like any other living organism on this earth, he is also driven by one other thing: Fear.
Fear of factors that endanger his survival. Fear of factors that may endanger his survival. Fear of factors that seem to be endangering his survival. Fear of Differences.
in a possible scenario..
you were walking home peacefully. you're imagining eating dinner with your family comfortably at home later on before you start mugging. suddenly you see a cockroach approaching. you freeze. the neurones in your brain start firing. what is that thing? it's so small, it's got wierd things on its head, it's got six appendages and it looks dirty! ARGH! it doesn't look like me. it must be dangerous. i've got to protect myself. then you decide whether to run or to annihilate the threat by stepping on it. your brain starts calculating the risks involved in both possibilities. it figures that dirtying your shoe is not as bad as letting the threat live and later eat you alive. then you start stomping your feet.
have you ever thought about what the cockroach must be thinking? Imagine..
you were scurrying on the ground. sniffing the air for food. you pick up an scent. mmm, smells good. you follow the scent trail. you're looking forward to it cos you havent had a nice meal in ages. suddenly you sense something else. you stop in your tracks. you then see a human coming in between you and your meal. the neurones in your cerebral ganglia start firing. what is that thing? it's so big, it's got a wierd head with no feelers, it's only got four appendages and it's so undirty! YUCK! ARGH! it doesnt look like me. it must be dangerous. i've got to protect myself. then you decide whether to run to the nearest hole or confront the threat. your tiny brain starts calculating the risks involved in both possibilities. it figures that there is a higher chance that this thing would run cos all those you've before ran when you approached them. you then dash in its direction. you then experience darkness.
yea. so it really isn't so different how organisms think.
it even applies to face-offs within the same types of organisms.
like humans.
when the white people landed on a previously-assumed uninhabited island, they had a shock when they saw darker-skinned people waiting on the shores. the white people had never seen these people before. their instincts tell them that these people must be dangerous. cos they dont look like the white people. they must have some kind of a disease or something. they must be removed!
when the white people landed on their shores, the Aborigines must have had a shock to see wierd looking people with light skin and thick hide. they have never seen such people before. their instincts tell them that these people must be dangerous. cos they dont look like them. they must have some kind of disease or something. they must be removed!
both parties had the same thinking. but why was there only one that so-called succeeded?
because they could. they were the stronger ones, equipped with technology. they were the ones who had the advantage. they were the humans that could step on the cockroach.
the other party was weaker. they did not have technology on their side. all they had were hunting equipment. they were the ones who had the disadvantage. they were the cockroaches who could not scare the humans away.
life is all about survival. survival is all about winning. winning is all about advantage. advantage is all about differences. differences is all about nature. nature is all about life.
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