Thursday, August 19, 2010

i have made a decision; "it's not natural" is not good enough reason to dislike something. if human beings lived in a way that was "natural", we would destroy the earth very quickly and millions of us would starve. not that that's not already happening, but it would happen more quickly. for example, farming is not natural. it is a manipulation of living organisms to suit our needs. without farming, however, providing food for six billion people would be impossible.
to logically disapprove of something, you should have reasons that its negative aspects outweigh its positive ones. emotional reactions are not sufficient reason.

3 comments:

Lola Bellybutton said...

and the "it's not natural" refers to what? not eating certain foods? or disliking a thing a person does because it's odd? natural has a couple definitions, so I don't know which one you're applying here, as an argument to not do I'm not sure.
but cool beans, anyhow.

Persephone said...

i sort of meant both, but more the former.

Mountain Spirit said...

i agree very much.. although I may not live by what this means