Hi everyone!! This is for my Social Sciences assignment..Any advice on what to write?
2007-09-25 06:02:20 · 9 answers · asked by Abs17 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The principle is you can't be worried on something , which you do not know. The more you hear news on tv, radio etc the more you worry.
Same thing with, "you can't love a person whom you don't know".
2007-09-25 06:10:10 · answer #1 · answered by BONG C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it probably does. Certainly people in Medieval times didn't worry about the planet being hit by a giant asteroid or some such.
Or....... Did they?
What's the difference between worrying about the end of the World (as has been espoused by many during all of recorded history) and worrying about an event that will -cause- the end of the World?
Because we have a great deal more knowledge in medical science, I suspect that we actually worry -less- (or, at least, about fewer things) than other people have in times past.
Doug
2007-09-25 13:29:41 · answer #2 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you heard of the term 'Catch 22' it was used in WW2 to illustrate the futility of planing accurately. It means what will happen can't be changed even by planning it in detail. We worry though because the knowledge needed for today is necessary to keep up with the future. Technology is always ahead of knowledge, for to have technology is to learn from knowledge.
Spartawo...
2007-09-25 13:27:35 · answer #3 · answered by spartaworld.combat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
increasing knowledge in our society (subjective because "what kind of knowledge" and how it is presented to the public) is making our society more worried, fearful and uncertain because not all the knowledge is presented because of the presenter's agenda. i.e., knowledge that "germs" are getting more virulent, resistive to antibiotics. the drug companies use this knowledge to scare people into using newer germ killing cleaners. the drug companies don't say what kind of "germs" cause the illnesses(there are good germs, you know) the companies don't say how effective the germ killers are exept that they kill "99.99%". the knowledge that if there are 1million germs and 99.99% are killed, that leaves 100,000 germs left AND they are the strongest germs because they resisted the germ killer. our society is not being told all and that's the problem
2007-09-25 13:18:53 · answer #4 · answered by oldguy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes information tech has created mass hysteria on some subjects just check out the McCann saga and read the views of folk carried along on the hysteria . our society is not contemporary it is dysfunctional due to the present politicians
2007-09-25 21:26:23 · answer #5 · answered by Jezabel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that internal choke to forget what matters is failing. The truth is becoming increasingly harder to ignore. We all are able to sort through the crap of what they tell us to find the truth. The ability to ignore the lie's is lessening.
2007-09-25 13:41:44 · answer #6 · answered by Bane 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, its making people more closed minded and one-viewed. People do not really know. People THINK they know. Think about the budists (sp), they KNOW and they are content. Why, because they see all sides of everything and understand.
2007-09-25 13:49:11 · answer #7 · answered by LNP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignorance is bliss. This is a life truth. Your question is the inverse of this adage.
2007-09-25 15:07:05 · answer #8 · answered by vérité 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes because we no longer take anything for granted...we question everything,our leaders/services and the like.The more we know,the more we have to worry about-blame the internet.
2007-09-25 13:06:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋