2014년 10월 26일 일요일

Refutation and Concession

Refutation and Concession

There are some people arguing that Utopia can exist. They can find a research which was published in Nature communications by scientists saying humans and animals could not evolve in a co-operative environment by being selfish. They might want to use this source as counter argument for my reasons which goes "Utopia cannot exist because humans are selfish".  Some may say that this challenges a previous theory which suggested that it is preferable to be selfish and put you first. Using this source they might argue that because people evolve in a co-operative environment by being altruistic, Utopia can exist.  However all of these experiments are conducted in a laboratory, with only computer simulations. It seems that when that mathematics is fitted to the wild nature, it will pretty soon break. New research suggests that co-operation helps a group evolve, but does not mean that the selfish gene theory of evolution is wrong. Thus it is obviously right in saying that as long as people are controlled by selfish gene, regardless of possibilities of altruistic behavior, humans are originally selfish.  Also some might argue that as technology develops, one day human society can be perfectly controlled by it. Thus they can argue that by developing new technology we can make Utopia. However it is totally absurd argument. Historically as technology developed, new problems came out. According to Lewis, Harry R. history is an endless cycle of control and new technology. Thus even if new technology can make our lives more comfortable, it cannot totally change our societies into Utopia. 

댓글 없음:

댓글 쓰기