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perspectives and change

Submitted by lcorhan on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 5:55am.

Do we need to recognize change or can we ignore it in studying biology? 

I think we need to recognize it because basically what we study in biology IS chance. The whole "evolution tree" is just a mapping of change itself.

Can we live with multiple perspectives or do we need to stick with one? 

I don't think we have a choice on this one. We have been living with multiple perspectives and we are going to have to keep living with multiple perspectives. I don't really feel that any one being or species could have only one perspective let alone share the same perspective with another being or species.

Can we accept random motion as a first cause or must it itself have a cause? 

I don't feel that we as humans can ever accept anything without cause. I feel that we have a fear and curiosity for the unknown that we always try to fill with some sort of explanation.

 

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