In response to Shannon's Question

"Knowing that it is apart of human nature to sleep why is it then that we all don't sleep the same? And because it is apart of our nature why do some of us have sleeping disorder???"

 I personally loved Shannon's blog about sleep, because I have sleeping disorders myself.  Sleep is totally one of my favorite things, well, when I actually fall asleep.  Sleep is a wonderful thing, that people experience less and less as they grow

 Sleep is necessary for the development of the mind and the body, that is why I feel sleep is so important.

As to why people get different amounts of sleep.. there can be so different reasons.  Every body expends different amounts of energy, and need different amounts of rest to recover.  Also, every single body is totally different, so how much a body needs to recover is different.  I also feel sleeping disorders have come to existence because of deformities in the minds, and then reproducing causes it to be spread.


Question:  Why do you think certain people dream the way they do?  Why do you think nightmares come into existence?

Religion VS Medicine

I was randomly thinking an episode of House (probably because I have a poster of House on my wall in my room...) where a person resisted medical assistance because he was so into this religion.  He said "If God made me sick, God can heal me."
The episode ended up with him being perfectly fine and healed, only after being resuscitated many times and finally accepting medical help.

  What I don't get is why people do that.  Yes, we have diseases and sickness in our world, but we also have DOCTORS and MEDICINE that was created so we can cure those things.  We have such ailments because Eve condemned everyone because she ate the apple.
Question:  If we weren't meant to seek medical attention for such ailments (or even take medication), why would they have been created in the first place? 

Responding to Griffin Thayer's Question

Griffin asked "Is it better to be too trusting or not trusting enough?"

This question I feel is highly subjective, with both sides being able to be seen equally. Is it better to trust too much or not enough totally depends on the person.

Myself, I tend to not trust enough, because I have had people take advantage of my trust and end up hurting me (though it's completely inevitable).  I feel it is easier for any person not to trust enough than too much, unless they are completely naive to the world around us with the harm that it can cause to an ignorant person.

Question:  How does naivety play a part in trust?  Or does it not have a role at all?

Responding to Katie Russell's Question

Katie asked "What do you think, is there such a thing as a trust worthy person" 

 I personally feel that there is a trustworthy person, though the want to trust and be trusted is part of the selfish nature of human nature.

             To be able to be trusted by someone, I feel you have to have had put your trust in someone else.

Google defined trust as: to have confidence or faith in also having reliance without fear.

Again, I feel that there is a such thing as a trustworthy person, just finding that person can be a mission.

 Though I cannot really explain why I feel there is a trustworthy person, I believe it is so.  There is such thing as a non-trustworthy person, so if that is so, there must be a trustworthy person.

I have the most trust put in my older sister; and the bond that we have is impossible to break.  I can tell her anything, and I tell her everything.  I know that if I need anything, I can go to her.  She would never do anything to intentionally hurt me, and vice-versa. 

I feel that is a way to describe a trustworthy person.  If you can describe something using realistic terms, I feel that it does in fact exist.

Question: Can you personally be trusted if you haven't given your trust to someone else?  How does being trusted and giving your trust go hand-in-hand? 

Is being left handed wrong?

I grew up not only being the oddball in my family, but also the oddball around me at school.  I am left handed.                                                          Growing up dealing with being left handed was rather tricky, especially considering that no one in my family is left handed, so learning basic things such as writing was tricky.                                 It's hard to believe that not even that long ago, people were being convicted and even killed for being left handed because they were seen as "evil" or "satanic".                                                               Even on TV shows the left handed portion of the population were put down.  One show i remember in particular is Rugrats, where they convinced the only left handed person on the show that he wasn't left handed, he was wrong handed...  Shortly after seeing that episode, my sister then started to say that I was wrong handed.. and still to this day she does it.

But there was a point in human nature where there was an acceptance of this difference.  People are no longer being killed for this, and though some places still convert lefties into right handed people (I was almost converted myself down south), but even accepting.  Though people are getting used to this, the world is still what I like to say "anti-left handed".  Even some of the class rooms at MCLA are like that, there are no lefty desks!!!  Though one and ten people are left handed, we still exist.

I got a book in the mail today about left handed people that is really interesting to me.  One thing that I read that completely fascinated me was "Being left handed in a right handed world can be frustrating, which may account for the fact that Jack the Ripper and the Boston Strangler were left handed" (The Left Hander's Handbook 12).                                                                                                                                                                                        So when was the point in time that lefties were accepted as "normal" people?  It often bugs me that things often are easily usable for left handed people.  I don't think people really realize how much of a challenge this is in every day life.  Even doors hate us left handers... it kinda sucks.

What are your views on the conversions of lefties and the executions?  Why do you think that left handed people were seen as "evil" or "satanic" way back when?

Fun fact:  I am related to the only survivor of the Salem Witch Trials, and she is the only lefty in my family aside from me that we would trace.  Do you think that I'm a witch then? (don't make me hex you) :D

 

Responding to Julia's question...

"Do you believe it is important for people to travel? Is remaining stationary as many did in the past more beneficial than our constant need to travel today?"

 I personally love this question.  I haven't traveled too much, but I have seen more than a lot of people (because my father was in the military and we moved around a bit).  I have seen places that have blown my mind!  Outside of the country I have been to France, Spain, Mexico, and Canada; and each place has been very different, especially compared to USA.
Though everywhere is basically the same, it's amazing how different everything and the people can be.   Going to France made me feel better about my mannerisms.  Spain made me realize just how beautiful a country can possibly be, with it's landforms and how artwork can go hand-in-hand with it.  Canada, I don't remember too much about it, eh?  The place that hit me the most was Mexico.

 Going to Mexico made me feel thankful for everything that I have in my life.  SO many people live in poverty due to the minimal wage being six dollars a week there.  Learning about this and more about how the people live there, made me realize how much people in America take for granted.  Going and seeing this place first hand changed my views on my life entirely.

I personally feel that people should get out and travel.  It doesn't have to be to other countries.  Hell, it doesn't even have to be out of your state!  Just getting out and seeing things that aren't part of your every day life is key.  I feel to understand the differences in places and even people, we need to go out and see it first hand.
Like with when I went to Mexico, I never really understood everything that was taking place there, and just how bad things can be for a person.  Yes, we see poverty and such in our own countries, and even in North Adams, but not to the extent that I have seen in Mexico and even Spain.

Their lives are so different compared to ours, but that is their life, and every life is different.  Different cultures, different people, different morals, different ethics, and just different lives: it all needs to be seen first hand -you can't learn about this fully from a textbook.


My question to you is: Have you ever traveled to a place that has changed your outlook on how you live your life?  Where was it?  How so?  How did traveling change your mind set on not only life, but also how humans interact in different places?

In response to Shannon's question..

"What are other opinions?...Is it human nature that changes, society or a combination of both?....Do they depend on each other?" 

 I personally feel that the changing in society and changing in human nature coincide with each other.  It can be seen from many different ways, and I don't even think that there is an answer myself!!

Someone brought up in our class, that it seems as if we as humans change to deal with the society around us, but don't we also make society change?  

I feel that we as humans try to change everything around us to make it easier for our living; look around, it's totally true.  I'm sitting at a table, on a chair, with my laptop, in the laundry room of BT, listening to my MP3 player.  All of these things were introduced to our lives to make things easier for us, and we have changed our whole lives around these things, and even CENTER our lives around some items.

Though we as people changed the society around us and introduced ourselves to such items, it inevitably changes how our nature is.  Look back fifty years ago or so, and how technology has changed since then.  Compare it to how we live our lives today... it's totally different.  We seem to center ourselves upon new technology.  Cell phones are everywhere now, and they do more than just call people.  We can do anything a computer and/or iPod can do, just with the simple push of a few buttons.  But we can't blame our changing on technology, because we as humans thrive for new things like such, so we create them.

Humans are forced to change society with our wanting nature, but society is gladly mailable and changes for our favor.

How has human nature changed the idea of complete dominance in our nature (AKA alpha male and such)?