Post by austinesparza11 on Mar 13, 2017 4:15:58 GMT
1. I would feel incredibly tied down. I always had the thought in the back of my head that we are nothing special, that we are just a "being of chance" that in another situation that we as a species may have never existed. But it could be a blessing in disguise. We are not bound to a purpose in this world and that we cou7ld achieve anything because we don't have a fixed destiny. We could continuously grow as a species and become smarter and improve our reality. That somewhat makes me feel better. I asked a friend on what he thinks about the question and he believes that there is no possible way of us happening by chance. He is very religious and believes in an grand scheme, that we as humans weren't just chance that we were part of a greater plan. He told me to place a sack of meet on a table and ask it "how it feels". And because obviously the bag of meat would not respond he says that we aren't just bags of meat that because of our consciousness we are something special. That made me think that maybe we are something more than just bags of meat. That even though we might just be being of chance we are something that nothing else is. we are self aware and we can improve our reality into something better.
2. Two examples of "Plato's Allegory of the Cave" in my life are when I first found out when "Santa Clause" wasn't real and when my parents lied to me about my brothers prison situation. When I was younger, like other children, I believed that a fat old man named Santa climbed into chimneys and gave everyone in the world Christmas presents. I truly believed that a man was capable to deliver thousands of presents in such a short amount of time. Looking back at it its sounds really foolish of me but I was just a kid who believed anything. I was unaware of the reality of the real world. I was just inside my own little bubble or perhaps my own cave. When I found out he wasn't I was really hurt and I didn't want to believe that he wasn't.
the second time I've thought something to be real but wasn't was when my parents told me that my brother was doing well and was having a great life out in Colorado but in reality he was going through many legal problems. when I found out he was already losing in case and was facing prison time. I was so disheartened that my parents was keeping something like that from me. Maybe they said that stuff to make me happy and not depressed. they clouded my reality to improve my happiness. It just proves that what you think is real could depend on the information you receive from people or your surroundings.