Its not about a race or caste or country or creed, its about mortals, its about life. Focused on short-term gain we are so busy fighting each other, on the basis of race, caste, money, colour, sex, town, city, state, country and on every possible way through which we could show the world that we are supreme. But we forget in our puny fights that the actual villain of our lives will show itself after million years. If we are so smart the way we think we are then we wouldn't be living the lies. Earth which has been sustaining us for the past million years would be the one at the end destroying our lives and our mark would be diminished from the cosmic time. And if we are that smart the way we think we are then we wouldn't fight among us and come together use our intelligence to fight the actual villain and cheat it, if possible. Life of our descendants depends on what we do today.
Life itself sends its own stories across billions of years. It's a message that every one of us carries inside, inscribed in all the cells of our bodies, in a language that all life on Earth can read. The genetic code is written in an alphabet consisting of only four letters. Each letter is a molecule made of atoms, each word is three letters long. Every living thing is a masterpiece, written by nature and edited by evolution; the instructions for running and reproducing the intricate machinery of life. The essential message of life has been copied and recopied for more than 3 billion years. We still carry within us the echoes of these extinct civilizations in our languages and our myths
Today, we have a single global civilization. How long will it live? There are so many ways for a civilization to die. If an eruption were to happen tomorrow, our civilizat...
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...t, far-seeing, capable and wise. For all our failings, despite our flaws and limitations, we humans are capable of greatness.
What new wonders, undreamt of in our time, will we have accomplished in another generation and another? How far will our nomadic species have wandered by the end of the next century, and the next millennium?Our remote descendants, safely arrayed on many worlds throughout the solar system and beyond, will be unified by their common heritage, by their regard for their home planet, and by their knowledge that, whatever other life may be, the only humans in all the universe came from Earth. They will gaze up and strain to find the blue dot in their skies. They will marvel at how vulnerable the repository of all our potential once was, how perilous our infancy, how humble our beginnings, how many rivers we had to cross before we found our way.
I DON’T THINK THE BELIEFS OF RACE ARE INFLUENCING THE MEANING OF CIVILIZATION. SIMPLY BECAUSE EQUALITY IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET CIVILIZATION.
Some people call Space “The Final Frontier” but at one point all land west of the Mississippi was considered the frontier. Humans are curious people, sometimes too curious for our own good, but when we find something new we always explore and why would it be any different with space. When we explore the out reaches of space will no longer seem so small or insignificant. The idea of one day unlocking all of the Universe’s secrets, solely through our own advancements as a people, is what gives me that sense of
Not too long ago, we were looking forward to the New Millennium. To many of us, this was an important event of our lives. On a larger scale, however, the New Millennium looks insignificant. "If we adopt an astronomical perspective, however, a much larger and more distant celebration remains on the schedule-the Galactic Millennium," write Greg Laughlin and Fred Adam in their article Celebrating the Galactic Millennium. Laughlin and Adam speculate about the proposed changes to the Universe in the future and the coming of the Galactic Millennium.
There are two possibilities in relation to the origin of life: Either a supernatural being (God) created life or all life evolved on its own. Many people, who are known as
In the beginning there was only darkness. For many millions of years this darkness remained. There were no stars, no sun, and no earth. But one day something very special happened. The darkness created light. It was a very small amount of light but it was just enough. The light became the husband of the dark. After a long while both the light and the dark became bored. The light began to insult the dark and the light replied with equally harsh insults. "You are not as beautiful as I!" said the light. "Ha! You are much uglier than I!" said the dark.
Creation stories have profound effects on humans. Those associated with ancient cultures/civilizations aim to ensure the successful survival or well-being of themselves and that particular culture/civilization of their association, but not all are beneficial, prosperous, or fortunate. Mesopotamia’s “The Gilgamesh Epic”, Egypt’s “Hymn to the Nile-Documents”, and Mesoamerica’s Mayan and Aztec creation stories/religion are influential to establishing significant relationships within society, whether that is between humans and nature or humans and their “god(s).”
Creation and Science We have all heard about the evolution vs. creation debate. Two sides opposing each other in fits of heated passion. One group believes that humans developed from monkeys, and the other group is a bunch of religious fanatics. Does this sound somewhat familiar?
forever, not even Homo sapiens. Extinction is the fate of all species. One theory on how
Human fascination with the stars is as ancient as Babylonians and has been suggested to be older than Stonehenge. From “be fruitful and multiply” to “live long and prosper,” the instinct to protect and propagate the species has manifested in religion, art, and the imaginations of countless individuals. As human understanding of space treks out of the fantastical and into the scientific, the realities of traveling through and living in space are becoming clearer. Exploring, investigating, and living in space pose an expansive series of problems. However, the solutions to the problems faced by mankind's desire to reach beyond the horizon, through the night sky, and into the stars are solutions that will help in all areas of life on Earth.
Roger Allersand and Rob Minkoff directed the animated Disney movie, The Lion King. The particular song I will be discussing, “Circle of Life,” composed by Elton John and scored by Hans Zimmer, plays at the very beginning of the movie and serves as the introduction of Simba to the animal kingdom as well as to the viewing audience. The scene starts out with a sunrise and then cuts to numerous different camera shots of animals from all over the animal kingdom including rhinos, meerkats, cheetahs and others. They appear as if they are all heading towards the same location, which is then shown as a plateau that is being over looked by a mountain ledge. The focus then moves to baby Simba who is being prepared for an introduction to the rest of the kingdom. Simba is then thrust towards the heavens, which leads to the other animals celebrating wildly, and then the scene ends. Throughout this paper, I will show that the texture of the music, through the use of different musical techniques, is essential in creating the particular setting and mood of this scene.
Based on the book I have read, Man & The Universe, written by Mostafa Al-Badawi, I am overwhelmed. To be honest, this is my very first time reading such book, ilmiah book, because I know I really don't like reading at all. Not even reading novels. I have very least interest in reading!
Do aliens exist? For eons, mankind has pondered over this peculiar question and a revealing truth has yet to be answered. However, one thing is known for sure, the discovery of intelligent alien life outside of Earth would provide support to prove and/or disprove fundamental beliefs that have been held for centuries. In any case, the discovery would serve as a cornerstone for humanity to make the quantum leap in understanding the purpose of our existence. Based on numerous examples, it is impossible to deny the existence of extraterrestrial life outside of Earth. Reportings of sightings, ancient civilizations beliefs, and scientific proof from scientists and astronomers are all key factors that contribute to this statement.
Life is unpredictable. It does not always bring happiness and gives us all that we want. Regardless how hard we try and how much we desire to move life according to our own direction, it does not move according to our wishes. In our life, we have to make important decisions. There are few decisions that give direction to our lives. So, in order to make these decisions it is imperative that all the rationale and logical factors should be taken into consideration. But, often, times come when we take decisions under the influence of others. In this family, relatives and friends play important role in my life. If i rewind my life, then, I can also think of various events where I made decisions under other people’s influence. We put on others that make us to follow and obey what others say to us our priority and value. One of the decisions that pinch the pain and dubiousness in my heart and mind is related to continue friendship with a friend at school. I still do not know whether I made that decision rightly or not but I often think about that. In my school, there was a boy who had no friend. He used to greet everybody but he did not have any real or close friend. This aspect of his has always made me to suspect his personality. One day I found him in the library and we started a conversation. After that, we often began to see each other in the library. Slowly and steadily, we became good friends. The feeling that was appearing in my heart that I am being a friend with someone who was alone used to make me feel delighted. When I became friend with that boy, it revealed to me that he was really lonely and painful. He badly needed someone to share all the things that he was suffering from. In the times of troubles, I was a supporter and...
...n will look upon this star as their fatherland; its progress will be their ambition; the gratitude of others their reward. These bodies which now we: wear belong to the lower animals; our minds have already outgrown them; already we look upon them with contempt. A time will come when Science will transform them by means which we cannot conjecture, and which, even if explained to us, we could not now under stand, just as the savage cannot understand electricity, magnetism, steam. Disease will be extirpated; the causes of decay will be removed; immortality will be invented. And then, the earth being small, mankind will migrate into space, and will cross the airless Saharas which separate planet from planet, and sun from sun. The earth will become a Holy Land which will be visited by pilgrims from all the quarters of the universe. Finally, men will master the forces of Nature; they will become themselves architects of systems, manufacturers of worlds.
The term Homo sapiens (‘wise man’) that had been coined by Carolus Linnaeus was made to highlight the superiority of men in all the Kingdom Animalia, specifying the high level of intelligence and intellect of the entire species. However, an advanced and complex structure of a group of humans that flourish and exhibit a large extension of progress is called a civilization (Bartlett, 2012).