Do you really think that it's not important to understand Earth's history?

Question

Do you really think that it's not important to understand Earth's history?
I asked a question about the demise of dinosaurs and got this response:

we dont know ...they would die in time anyway Its not important

Is this where education has gotten some of you? or is it just that brainwashing?

Answer 1

Honestly, I am more concerned with the future of the earth.
I do feel it is important to learn history so we may possibly prevent repeating it.

Answer 2

Someone above just asked: how does knowing the history of the dinosaur affect your day to day life?

Every time you get in a car, it does. All that gas, that oil, etc., comes from dinosaurs, and everything that has lived on the Earth up to this point. They aren't called "fossil fuels" because it's alliterative.

And who do you think finds these fossil fuels? Geologists who understand the history of the earth and can pinpoint places with the greatest likelihood of producing said fuels. Perhaps the area was once a great bog instead of the frozen landscape it is now. That would certainly lead one to expect to find fossil fuels.

Learning about the dinosaurs also can help us prepare for the eventuality of extinction. Because we can see just how devastating the effects of an asteroid strike are on our fragile planet, we can learn how to prepare for that day, even though it may not come for many centuries.

Learning about dinosaurs keeps us healthy. The amazing advances in medical knowledge that have come in the past century are due to the theory of evolution. It is through the study of the fossils of dinosaurs that we can better learn about evolution and how it works, and every little bit of that knowledge goes into keeping us from being wiped out by disease.

Answer 3

What possible significance does the history of dinosaurs REALLY have on your day to day life? Does it help you pay your bills? Does it bring happiness and love into your life? How could you ever hope to actually know the exact truth anyway? You and no other living person was actually there. Education is great. I feel we should all continue learning until the day we die, but not all knowledge is really worth all that much. I find it strage to find people that put so much importance on the more trivial bits of history.

Answer 4

Sure, it is interesting to try to piece it together. What we glean are best educated guesses. The search is certainly intriguing.

But the person you are belittling is right, too. We don't know. We best-guess. And they would have died, as evidenced by the fact that they did. We can pursue answers to "why" and "how" questions, and we can create some plausible theories...but if we are honest, we need to say, at some point, "I wasn't there. I just don't know for sure. But this is the best I can glean. Different 'evidence' may appear tomorrow that could throw this current theory into the waste bin."

That is, it is important to search but not to become edified in one's theories to the exclusion of other potentialities and possibilities. In other words, one should be careful not to put faith in the theories, but approach them with a healthy, balanced skepticism, coupled with a willingness to know more.

Answer 5

The dinosaurs demised occurred when a big asteroid hit the earth causing earth quakes and volcano eruptions -- which then cause the sky to be covered in a big dark smoky cloud -- which then caused the earth to become cold and the ice age began.

I think it very good to know earth's history -- they say history repeats itself after a time.

Answer 6

Well its true isn't it, we don't know why the dinosaurs died or why they lived in the first place. And even if we did, how would that knowledge better mankind? Some things aren't meant to been known.
Oh and adphllps that is so wrong, I know plenty of Christians who are really bright and intellectual actually all the Christians I know are bright and intellectual. And listening to a preacher is the same as listening to a school teacher, you listen to learn more.

Answer 7

Unfortunately, education is no longer considered important. Unfortunately, So many religions just brainwash or blackmale society into believing as they do. I'll drop you an e-mail.

Answer 8

No one knows how the dinosaurs died. We can't learn much about them because, other then bones, there is nothing. No hint to what did them in. I believe in learning from the past, but in this case, the past didn't leave very many clues. It's not brainwashing, just lack of information.

Answer 9

Spookshow Baby,
You mean the formation of, Plate Tetonics, that kind of thing? Or do you mean the War of 1812, and the Emancipation Proclamation, that kind of thing?

Yes, the latter I would bring up as important.

Answer 10

I think it is important to study Earth's history.