Like Einstein, I like to do thought experiments. I imagine myself as a boy scout from the planet Zarg working on his merit badge on primitive cultures.
When you look at our society from the outside, many of the “truths” that we hold to be self-evident, aren’t. We are a very arbitrary species. We invent all kinds of artificial divisions between ourselves that would seem trivial to an outsider.
For example, why does skin color matter while hair color or eye color do not? All three are just due to a random molecule stuck on some gene.
There is probably no greater divide than that caused by gender. Yes, some of it makes sense in terms of basic biology but the cultures are in some areas so diverse, that our boy scout (or whatever gender-on-Zarg scout) could easily make the mistake that we are separate species.
I often question, “Why is it like this?” and “How else could it be?” It keeps life from getting boring.
Don’t think outside the box; think outside the planet.
Like Einstein, I like to do thought experiments. I imagine myself as a boy scout from the planet Zarg working on his merit badge on primitive cultures.
When you look at our society from the outside, many of the “truths” that we hold to be self-evident, aren’t. We are a very arbitrary species. We invent all kinds of artificial divisions between ourselves that would seem trivial to an outsider.
For example, why does skin color matter while hair color or eye color do not? All three are just due to a random molecule stuck on some gene.
There is probably no greater divide than that caused by gender. Yes, some of it makes sense in terms of basic biology but the cultures are in some areas so diverse, that our boy scout (or whatever gender-on-Zarg scout) could easily make the mistake that we are separate species.
I often question, “Why is it like this?” and “How else could it be?” It keeps life from getting boring.
Don’t think outside the box; think outside the planet.