Throughout history, nature has been the biggest barrier towards the development of mankind, but can technology overpass it? Can Physics, Aerodynamics, Laws of matter, Gravity, and all of nature be subdued be the willingness and determination of the human race? Is levitation, act of disappearing, bending/expanding matter, and other un-earthly, paranormal activities actually possible?
2006-08-10 11:54:23 · 12 answers · asked by Ibro 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Ok, when I say wrong, I mean defied. And as the barrier, nature HAS been a barrier for mankind TOWARDS the development of technology. For example, why don't we build mile-high towers on the shore? Why couldn't NASA send a rocket to the moon, or even space until '69 (and some people don't belive it happened)? Certain things like this thwart mankind from blossoming technlogically, or atleast it slows down the process. In the end....can Nature have somekind of loophole, and can man figure it out by the very own wisdom they hold?
2006-08-10 17:16:55 · update #1
Nature is what it is. It's the environment within which we have evolved into our present form. Developing our knowledge and technology is a result of having to overcome the hurdles of nature. As for the other things you mentioned (levitation, disappearing, et. al.), they haven't been proven to be impossible. Our understanding of the universe and physical laws is incomplete. Those things may yet be possible.
2006-08-10 12:05:35 · answer #1 · answered by Will 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I agree with wheezer. Nature is neither right nor wrong. It simply is nature. A snowstorm is just a snowstorm, not right, not wrong. A nice day, same situation.
I disagree with you as far as nature being the biggest barrier to development of mankind. Nature actually developed mankind through natural selection. Evolution does not come from a change in the genetic code. Evolution happens when one genetic code survives nature better than another.
As far as your other points, would we be what we are today if we didn't have to overcome challenges? These "barriers" are actually helping us.
2006-08-11 00:00:29 · answer #2 · answered by wires 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
For example the dodo which lived on the island of Mauritius had no defense against the human invaders and their familiars who visited the island five hundred years ago.
Within decades, the dodo was gone. It went from being at the top of the food chain to extinction in an evolutionary eyeblink.
But if you think that nature can be wrong, then it must also be right sometimes. It can't ALWAYS be wrong.
Perhaps when hurricane Katrina hit, it was nature blaming humanity for not fixing up our levees to protect New Orleans. Maybe nature was right then? If not then, when WAS nature right? After all, nature created us!
Perhaps nature isn't wrong OR right. Nature is just that, nature.
2006-08-10 19:52:37 · answer #3 · answered by Victor C 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Think about what we have learned about the universe in the last 200 years,,,Things we couldn't imagine just 50 years ago are now day to day reality.
everyone everywhere with a little communication device that allows you to speak real-time with anyone anywhere. (cell phones)
MRI at the hospital.
A man-made probe orbiting Saturn (Cassinii)
Yahoo answers. (And all that it implies)
Now apply that to the next 1000 years,, For every question we ask 10,000 arise. WE KNOW NOTHING.
In an infinite universe all things are possible.
2006-08-10 19:05:55 · answer #4 · answered by landerscott 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nature can never be wrong. Its the only thing that is constant and predictably unpredictable. Naturally.
“Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.”
“Nature often holds up a mirror so we can see more clearly the ongoing processes of growth, renewal, and transformation in our lives.”
2006-08-10 19:00:20 · answer #5 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely!
2006-08-10 22:33:16 · answer #6 · answered by whoevermeam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We create technology, and therefore it is a product of nature - once removed.
I was always taught that if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.
2006-08-10 19:01:54 · answer #7 · answered by tspbrady 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
nature can never be wrong as far as all the other things you you talk about i believe it can happen
2006-08-10 20:05:59 · answer #8 · answered by ken o 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, nature can be wrong. Look at the platypus.
Oh, wait...that was god's fault. My bad.
2006-08-10 19:00:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Whats your question. there is nothing wrong with nature is man that is destroying the world
2006-08-10 19:01:17 · answer #10 · answered by spicy girl 1 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋