I’m sure everyone has heard of “culture” but the American educational system never really gave me a good idea of what “culture” is. So let me try to explain it. <\/p>\n
I currently live in Missouri; however I moved here from Ohio.
\nWhen I first moved here I noticed that everyone referred to Carbonated beverages
\nas “soda”. I however had always referred to it as “pop” as did all of my
\nfriend in Ohio.<\/p>\n
\tI had also noticed many other differences in the way
\npeople acted here. There were many little details that were different.
\nThey drove in a way that was far less safe. They had read different children’s books as kids, they had an obsession with hot sauce, etc. <\/p>\n
\tI later found out that all these little differences are
\ndifferences in “culture”. People from one isolated region in the world
\nact very differently from people in another isolated region.<\/p>\n
\tI can not tell you how many arguments I had
\ngotten into with people about the proper name for these carbonated drinks.
\nIt wasn’t until recently that I realized that this is why humanity is on a
\npath to destruction. Not because we call carbonated drinks by the wrong name, but
\nbecause of how we treat people of different cultures.<\/p>\n
\tThere is something deep within the human mind that causes us
\nto become angry with people who are too different from us. When I
\ncame to Missouri people were angry enough to get into arguments with me
\nover the proper name for fizzy drinks. These arguments I had gotten into are
\nperhaps some of the stupidest ones I’ve ever had because they are arguments
\nabout the least important details in the world.<\/p>\n
\tNow think about this on a global scale. Cultures can have much bigger
\ndifferences between them. Some cultures can be so different that someone
\nfrom one culture literally can’t communicate with someone from another culture
\nbecause they speak two different languages (and yes language is in fact a part
\nof culture).<\/p>\n
\tSome of these differences can lead to wars between different countries.
\nWe often can get so angry at someone for being different that we can
\nfeel the need to kill them.<\/p>\n
\tDo not worry though; for I, like a good \n“If you’re trying to violence somebody into being peaceful then you don’t understand violence, peace, or words in general.” -JF Sargent\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n What we need is not war. What we need is understanding<\/em>.<\/p>\n \tUnderstanding is what has led us to countless amazing accomplishments. \tWe have done all these great things and countless others because we gained an understanding. For those things we used SCIENCE<\/em> which \n“Science is the best tool ever devised for understanding how the world works.” (Michael Shermer).\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n With science we have understood how nature works by simply following the process. We came up with psychology, and neurology to understand our own minds, \tWorld peace will be all too easy to accomplish once we have an understanding of different cultures. I’m sure everyone has heard of “culture” but the American educational system never really gave me a good idea of what “culture” is. So let me try to explain it. I currently live in Missouri; however I moved here from Ohio. When I first moved here I noticed that everyone referred to Carbonated beverages as … Continue reading What culture is<\/span> con artist<\/del> salesman, have a solution for the problem (or at least part of one), and that
\nsolution is understanding<\/em>.
\nTo anyone considering becoming a soldier so as to bring world peace, please don’t. War can not bring peace. As JF Sargent<\/a> from Cracked.com said<\/p>\n
\nWe have created thinking machines (aka “computers”) and have sent them across the infinite void of nothingness to other worlds altogether
\nso that they could allow us to see what they have seen by using invisible beams of light. We have built a vast network of these thinking
\nmachines so that we can instantly share our thoughts, ideas, stories, knowledge, and wisdom with people around the world. We have
\ntaken to the skies using machines that we built using our understanding of the world. We have reached out across the infinite void and touched our
\nown moon. We have created shelters for ourselves that can protect us from dangerous elements.<\/p>\n
\nis a process we can use to gain understanding. <\/p>\n
\nmathematics to master the art of logic, chemistry to understand the materials around us, biology to understand our own bodies and the bodies of all other
\nliving things, and physics to understand the physical world (as you can tell by the name, physics is the most all-encompassing science because it
\nis the original<\/em> science and the most sciencey science).<\/p>\n
\nMisunderstandings have led to many great wars, but a bit of curiosity from everyone, and some healthy skepticism can do wonders to fix that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"