Humans always WANT something and then more or something else

Humans always want something. It is part of human nature for us to have desires and want things. There is more to these desires that we have. This thing is that once we get whatever we want, we either want more of it or want something else. Our personal desires continue to spin throughout our daily lives. I feel like these desires keep our lives going. The desires are good because they make us happy when we get what we want. I feel like these desires can hurt people though. When it comes to relationships is where these desires hurt people. These desires are the reason that people cheat on their partners. People feel like "oh I have had that, I want something new." These desires are breaking up happy homes everyday in this country of ours. The only explanation for these desires that we get is that it is part of human nature and there is nothing we can do to not get these desires, they are part of what makes us up. I have desires like everybody else and when I want something I get it. My biggest personal desire is to get money and when I get money I want more money, I'm addicted to money. chhhck eyyyyyyyyyyyy

Response to Laura

Laura raised the question on her blog asking if you would like to live forever? I feel like there are pros and cons to living forever. There are definitely more pros than cons to living forever. One bad thing about living forever is that after a certain amount of time, I feel like it would be boring because you have done so much at that point. Another bad thing about living forever would be that you would continue to get older and older and your body would not be able to function after so much time because it would have so much wear and tear. A good thing about living forever is that you get to live FOREVER, you never die! I feel like it would be nice to know that you will be living forever because sometimes you just sit down and think about when you will die and how you will die and that is a very depressing thought. Another good thing about living forever is that you can do whatever you want and experience anything you want without dying. You could have a great experience doing anything you want and knowing that you won't die from it. I personally would like to live forever. The main reason for this is because I love life and would absolutely love to live forever. I do not think I would ever get bored living my life and doing the things I do. Life is so good! I would love to live forever!

Only the Strong Survive

In class this week, the topic came up in our discussion that only the strong survive. This does not only apply to humans but it applies to all species of organisms. I agree with this saying that only the strong survive. Organisms that are strong can survive longer than organisms that are not as strong as them. An example of this is the food chain, a bear is is at the top because it is one of the biggest and strongest organisms. For humans, I do not think it is only about physical strength to survive but more of being strong financially. Being rich will help you survive a lot more than just having physical strength in the world that we live in today. So I agree with the saying that only the strong survive but the strength attribute differs with the species.

In Response to Austin

Austin raised a question in one of his blogs about if humans will ever go back to the simpler ways of life or if they will continue the never ending cycle of technology and other incredible ideas. I think that humans will continue to use technology as it continues to improve. The reason for this is because this technology keeps improving and makes our lives better and better. It makes doing things easier and gives us more entertainment. The improvements of technology are something that humans love and I can guarantee they will continue to live their lives using the most newest technology. Humans will not ever go back to living the simpler ways of life because it is too much work and we know the way of life we live right now with all this technology and love it way to much to go back to the simpler ways of life without the technology.

In Response to Sarah

I agree with Sarah that people can try all they want to tell us what makes us happy but they are wrong. We decide what makes us happy and that is what really makes us happy. Some people fall into the pressure that they should be happy by the things that people tell them should make them happy but those people are fake. Sarah raises the question about paying more for quality clothing. I feel like a lot of people feel the need to go get the most expensive clothing because they feel it will make them happy and other people will look at them better than if they had a cheap brand of clothing on. I think this is a bunch of bullshit. Clothing is clothing. The point of clothing is to cover our bodies to keep us warm and stop us from exposing things in public that should not be exposed. When it comes down to it, no matter how expensive the clothing is, the clothes do the same job. That's just how I feel about this topic. I would like to hear what others think about this?

Different Occupations

We had a talk in class about people making more money than they should in certain jobs. An example that came up was major league baseball players. Some people were saying that they should not get the millions of dollars that they do just to play baseball. People were arguing that major league baseball players do not do anything for the people. They said that people with jobs that do things for people like fire fighters, policemen, and teachers should get all the money that major league baseball players do because people with these jobs do more for people than major league baseball players. I see the side that these people were coming from but it was a terrible argument. The reason for this is because they do not understand that even though these ball players are getting paid millions of dollars, they are generating billions of dollars from ticket sales to merchandise sales. It is also a bad argument to say that major league baseball players do not do anything for people. They are part of the biggest entertainment group which is professional sports. People are willing to pay hundreds of dollars for tickets to go and watch these ball players do what they do.
Teachers, policemen, and firemen do completely different things. I agree with these people in class that the people with these occupations do more for people in a sense that they safe lives and educate young Americans growing up. However, they can not possibly be paid the amount of dollars that major league baseball players are because they do not generate the money like the ball players do. The ball players generate the money that they are paid, it is a lot different for the people with these occupations.
In conclusion, I feel like the argument was bad because both sides should agree that each occupation does a certain things for people whether it is entertain or save lives. It is clearly more important for lives to be saved than to have entertainment but the different way they are paid can not be controlled because it is the way it is.

Dreams becoming reality

In response to Jennifer’s post about dreams coming true. She asked if we think that dreams can become reality or if it is coincidental. I feel that some dreams really do become reality due to the fact that we have dreams based off of thoughts that we have. The thoughts that we have are about things that are going on in reality and things that could go on in the future. I feel that this is the best way to describe dreams becoming reality. I had a dream the Red Sox will win the world series this year and it starts right now! Happy Easter everybody!!!

Importance or Type of work?

This past week one of the discussion topics that we came across was about the highest paying jobs require the least amount of work or “dirty work” as some may say. I agree with this. A trash truck man does some of the dirtiest work there is to do in our world by going around and picking up all the trash at the same time that a major business CEO is twiddling his thumbs on his blackberry in meetings through text messages. The CEO is probably getting paid three times the hourly wage that the trash truck man is getting paid. This does not seem to be fair but that is how our world works. The CEO has completed a higher amount of education than the trash truck man so he has the higher paying job. Some may argue the level of importance of both jobs and that argument is a tough one to have. The business CEO is important to that business whatever it may be and the trash truck man is important to the world because if it was not for them we would have trash all over or we would have to take it to a landfill ourselves which probably would not happen because Americans are lazy. Should the pay rate of jobs be determined by the level of importance or what kind of work they consist of? What would you rather do for a job be a trash truck man or a major business CEO? I’d personally prefer to be a trash truck man because, “every girls’ crazy about a trash truck man.”

Follow our hearts or our logic?

This is a response to Karla's question should we follow our hearts or our logic? This is a difficult question. People always say to follow your heart because that will make you happy because that is what you truely want. However, it does make sense to follow your logic as well because thinking what could happend by making a decision could be better for you than just following your heart without even thinking about it. I personally always follow my heart. If there is something that I want, I go out and get it or do it. Over my twenty years in this world I have had good experiences and bad experiences just following my heart. For example, there have been times that I have decided to do things that I should not have and I was punished for these acts. On the other side of the matter I have followed my heart in getting something that makes me extremely happy and the decision to go for it was worth making. The question really can only be answered by what type of person you are and how you view the topic.

Why do bad things happen to good people?

Last week in class during the discussion a question wad raised by Professor Johnson that got me thinking. Why do bad things happen to good people? It is in the news every day that an innocent person was killed in a car accident or raped. The more I think about it I feel like the explanation to this is that there are more bad people in this world than good people. I realize that is a bold statement but I truely feel that this is the only explanation to the question raised by professor Johnson. An exaple to prove my point is if an innocent boy is just driving home from a ball game and is struck by a drunk driver, he dies. Say this boy was a straight a student and had his plans for college all planned out, had a great future ahead of him but had his life taken by a bad person, a lousy drunk who has no life so he drinks and drinks and drinks. Another example is if an innocent girl is walking her dog down the street and a car pulls up and kidnaps her. Takes her to their home and rapes her. This is a terrible thing but these things happen in our world every day. The reason she was raped is because a bad person decided they wanted to do this to her. It just seems unfair to the good people in the world because there are more bad people than good people. I would like to hear other peoples opinions on this thought. Do you think there are more good people or bad people in the world? Is this the answer to Professor Johnson's question?

Emotions effecting Decisions

I am responding to Bryan's question if I feel that people's use of their emotional side in decision making and if it is a major problem. I do feel like when people let their emotions effect their decision making that it is a major problem. Emotions make people make bad decisions. That is a fact. An example of this is if a person gets into a heated argument and their anger makes them scream and get violent, they may make a decision to strike the person they are in the argument with. This is clearly a bad decision and if the person did not let their emotions effect it they probably would not of struck the other person. I feel like it is impossible for a person not to let their emotions get involved with decisions. That is just the way we are. We have emotions every hour and every day of our lives. Does anyone else feel the same way?

Proof of Truth?

How do we prove that something is true? This question has two sides to its' answer, one is complicated and one is simple. The simple answer here is that we just know that something is true such as 1+1= 2 because that is just the way it is, that is the way that we learned when we were young so we just know that it is true and that is the way it is. The complicated answer is that we can not prove that something is true. The reason being that we can not define the world and what it is. People say that truth is knowledge. Everyone has a different level of knowledge depending on how old they are and how much education that have completed. Some may say that 1 + 1 = 2. Most people agree with this because they have the knowledge of our number system. The only people who do not have this knowledge are really young children, mentally slow people, and some bums who have blown away all their brain cells. This is one of the more simpler examples of something that we know to be true. There are plenty of more complicated things out there that we do not know if they are true because we do not all have the same level of knowledge. What are some of these things though?

Define ourselves or accepting who we think we are

I am responding to Megan Conney’s question about trying to define who we are and if it can ever be solved and if we can not just settle for who we think we are? I feel like these questions are a bit confusing and can raise strong arguments from both sides of the fence. In response to the first question, I feel like it is difficult for someone to define who they are because we discover new things every day of our lives that makes us happy or irritates us. If someone ever is able to define who they are I feel like it is not done until they are very old and have experienced everything in life. There are not too many people that can say that they have experienced everything that life has to offer. But for those few who can, they can say that they have defined who they really are and know everything about themselves from what makes them happy to what a certain food tastes like to them. In response to the second question about can we not just settle for who we think we are, I feel like some people can settle for who they think they are and some people can’t. People that are living a good and happy life are the ones who can settle for who they think they are. People who are living a not so good life are the ones who can not settle for who they think they are. I personally can’t define myself completely, I do not know everything in life that makes me happy and all the things that irritate me. I have been around for twenty years and have experienced a lot of things but not even close to everything that life has to offer. I feel like someday I may be able to say that I can completely define myself because I am the type of person who likes to try new things every day so I will experience a lot more things than someone else that is my age who does not like to try new things. These questions have different answers for different people, each person has their own answer to these questions depending on their personal life.

Good is good and Bad is bad

Good is good for you and bad is bad for you. That is how simple Socrates belief is about good and bad. This is simple because we can all see and we know that good things are indeed good for you and bad things are indeed bad for you. This is the way we were taught. People do good things because they know that they are good and are the, “right” thing to do. Whatever someone does in life, they want to do good at it, that is just human nature. However, there are people that do bad things even though they know that they are bad. Why do people do these things? For different reasons, usually because of greed and selfishness. Why is good good for you and bad bad for you? What classifies these things? Is this the way god made the world out to be? What would the world be like if our customs of good and bad were opposite? So bad things were encouraged as good things are in our world and good things were punishable things? Is this possible? It is very confusing but interesting at the same time.

Turning the Cheek

I will be responding to Bryan’s post about “turning the other cheek.” He brought up the question, “Is there any situation in life when you should not act passively towards aggressors? And if so, when should you not act passively?” I personally feel that there is never a time in life when you should act passively towards your aggressors. I feel like if someone comes at you, you should stand up and defend yourself. I’m not saying that someone should look to cause more drama than there already is but if someone initiates drama such as pushing you, harassing you, cutting you in line, ect you should stick up for yourself and turn into the aggressor. God wants the world to be nothing but peace and love but unfortunately, the world is not like this and I do not think it ever will be. So the way I feel is if someone pushes you, you push them back.

Non-Christian joining a Christian Church?

What is the definition of a Christian? The definition of Christian is, “professing belief in Jesus as Christ or following the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.” In the question and answer assignment we were suppose to discuss Pojmans’ analysis of Jesus Christs’ ethics and if a “Christian Atheist” in this case Robert Jenson would agree with this analysis. I do not think that Robert Jenson would agree with this analysis or even get any part of the picture trying to be painted here because he does not believe in god. During the week in class we discussed how Robert Jenson could be allowed to enter a Christian church when he does not believe in Jesus Christ. He said that the reason why he wanted to join the church is because it looks good and he wanted to be able to talk about political views and church is a good place to communicate with people about these issues. In my view, this is a terrible reason to join a Christina church and a Christian church should not allow someone to join if they do not believe in Jesus Christ. The definition of a Christian is someone who believes in Jesus Christ so someone who does not fit the definition of a Christian should not be able to join a Christian church. I’m interested to find out what others feel about this subject?

SMELLS

Danny Gaines had a post earlier this week about smells. He gave some good examples of good smells and bad smells and had the question what makes these things smell good or bad? I feel like the reason a BBQ smells so good is based on the fact that a person there who thinks it smells good has had a previous experience of a BBQ and knows how the food tastes when it is finished cooking. The same goes for other smells. Garbage smells so bad because we know that it is composed of wasted material "trash" that no longer has any value to its' owner. Another example Danny used was the smell of a new car. A new car smells very good to us humans for a few reasons. It smells fresh because it is new and no one has used it before to get other smells in it. The car has come straight from the factory to the show room and sold to you. Another reason a new car smells so good is because they are not cheap. After a human spends all the money they do on a new car it smells extra good because they are pleased with the purchase that they have made. I feel like smells have good or bad smells do to our previous experiences and other factors that make us feel different ways.

Do Humans really have free will?

Free will is the right for a human to do whatever they want. They have the choice to do whatever they want and will not get in trouble for it. Humans do not have complete free will because of laws. People can not just go out and kill somebody because they want to and not get in trouble for it. I feel like this is a good thing that humans do not have complete free will because if they did who knows what would happen!? Here in America I feel like we have as close to free will as you can get. You have the choice of what you want to do. If you want to work at a Mcdonalds your whole life you can do that. If you want to go off to college, get a degree, and eventually a good paying job you can do that as well. We have freedom of speech and can say whatever we want when we want with a few exceptions. You have complete choice of what you want to do with your free time. Today is Superbowl Sunday and the Saints will be taking on the Colts tonight at 6:25. A very large percentage of Americans will be watching this game because it is the championship. Some watch for the game and some watch for all the new commercials. I personally watch for the game. But the point I'm trying to get across here is that the people watching the game are doing it by choice, they have free will. The people that are not watching the game are doing it by choice. Some people just are not into football or new commercials and they would rather be doing something else with their Sunday night. Some other people are not able to watch the big game because they have work. One might say that the people who have to go to work do not have free will because they must go to work. No, if someone really wanted to watch the game they could quit their job, sit home and watch the game. These people have free will, they chose to go out and get this job. As it can be seen, here in America we are as close to free will as you can get. My question is, what would happen to the world if every human being had complete free will? They could do anything they want and not get in trouble for it? What would the world come to?

The world would be better if no one lied

I was reading through some of the blogs of my colleagues and Misty Elliots' question of "would the world be better if nobody lied?" really caught my eye. I got to thinking about this question and I have come to conclusion that the world would be better if no one ever lied. There would be some things that would go bad but overall the world would be better with no lying in it. Sometimes the truth is very tough to handle and some may feel that they would rather be lied to than know the cold truth. Misty had some good examples of this in her blog such as kids being upset knowing that they were the reason for their parents divorce or that they were a mistake. This could cause some suicides like she said but there are so many benefits the world would have if there was no lying. There would not be as many affairs going on because couples would not hide it from one another. There would be no trouble for courts and jurys to decide who is guilty and who is not guilty. Being a baseball player, I really like the thought of no lying in the world because Major League Baseball is currently in such a mess with steroid allegations and the fans have guesses but do not know who is really using steroids and who is not. I think that would be interesting to find out. Everyone would know what was happening in the world and people would not have to worry about not knowing what really happend. I feel like if there was no lying in the world that the world would be a better place overall and knowing the truth would be easier and less confusing!

What is Truth?

What is the truth? This sounds like a very simple question but the deeper you go into this subject the more confusing truth becomes. There are two theories of truth, they are known as coherence theory of truth and correspondence theory of truth. The Correspondence theory of truth views that truth is when something is said and it matches what is going on in reality. For example, if someone says they are holding a pencil, it is only true if that person is holding a pencil at the same exact time that they claim they are. This seems to be very simple but it can be very confusing. Someone could think something is true because it matches reality but, they could be dreaming. If a person is dreaming, they can think that something is true but it is only true in their dream, not in reality. This shows how confusing correspondence theory of truth can be. Coherence theory of truth is a theory that something could be referred to as true by one person but a different person might not see the same thing true because they have different beliefs. An example of this is if a die hard Red Sox fan said, “The Red Sox will win the world series in 2010.” This is true if the Red Sox really do win the world series in 2010. This is true to the die hard Red Sox fan because they made some key moves in the offseason which would make the Red Sox fan think they will really win the world series in 2010. However, if a die hard Yankees fan heard this they would shoot the idea down right away. They have completely different beliefs and think that the Yankees will win the world series in 2010. This shows how coherence theory of truth can be so contradictory. I feel that correspondence theory of truth is by far the better theory. Something is true when it matches what is going on in the world. I do not think that coherence theory of truth is a good theory because not everyone has the same beliefs which causes conflicts in coherence theory of truth. What do you guys think?

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog! My name is Kolby Kilhart. I am new to blogging and the main reason I am starting this blog is for one of my college courses at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. I am excited to start and I think it will be interesting!

Kolby