The problem with science is that it is only as precise as human understanding allows it to be.
But there is more than meets the eye, isn't there?
We can see the contrast by comparing two different poles: Giving birth to a child and murdering someone.
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Man can act upon life just as easy as he can take it away. Both acts take either courage or immense carelessness.
While science can provide us with concepts that help mankind explain phenomena, we cannot escape the fact that everything is just an assumption, a way of interpreting things. Of course, science is built rather than created; scientists base their findings on years of research and development of methods and case studies, and it all checks out.
Yet, man can act like and become a fool. It can ignore the facts and act irrationally. Not just that, but it is more than likely that many others will step up and follow that fool.
Isn't it that by becoming a rebel, an outsider, great progress is achieved? In that light, anyone going against the stream yearns for redemption, fighting for ideals that may or may not be right. "History is written by the victors," said Winston Churchill; of course, first one must win to get a chance at the pen.
Then the fool appears to be winning. He snowballs and gathers a following; he's seen as a threat by his peers. Then we tell ourselves "they are just protecting their own interests." He keeps on growing but there's always something that feels odd, something that resonates in us and goes beyond any influence, shaping our way of thought and our opinion on the matter.
A man fighting for equality, for the end or discrimination versus a man fighting for power. These men may be enemies or they may be the same.
What lies deep down?
Nobility versus greed.
This business kills the part of life that is essential, the part that has nothing to do with business. -Michael Burry in The Big Short, referring to the stock market.
Finally, the scale tips over and reality changes. Now the world is different and there are new rules. "These ones are free, but these ones aren't anymore."
But beyond the reality that man shapes for itself there's always that hidden order that makes us feel warm whenever we see a baby born out of love, but never fails to make us uneasy when confronting a human corpse or the death of someone we care about.
Whenever man goes against the hidden order, he is gambling with life. He can win a couple of hands, but life will find a way to put the scale back in place; although it seems that playing in favour of life does make things easier.
Out of a million galaxies and planets, man started to appear as uncountable attempts at life took place. A struggle for survival; the right conditions, the right climate, the existence of water and nutrients. We need little evidence to see that plants grow towards the sun and that man finds shelter when it's cold. Life makes use of whatever it finds to keep pushing and see how far it can go. This is our attempt at life; this is our little share of existence.