Homework Essay

I find it is amazing how human is the only being ( by means of being able to be observed by
common senses ) as the only independent object by which is not subjected , or bounded to , any
limiting factors (except by the factor of capability of human itself ).
If we are to study , why human are able to think independently , we go to the brain.Now, when you
study the brain and view it from a philosophy spectrum, you will see that the brain is simply a bunch
of chemicals ( in fact, everything is chemicals ) that collaborates together and form a very
sophisticated and complicated active mechanism of maneuvering and solving variables of countless
many ( think of it like this , you mix in a mixture of chemicals ( such as H(2)O,CO(2) and all kinds of
other chemical component of the brain) , and find that the mixed chemicals are capable of
thinking!).As quoted from Oliver Sachs from the TED Talk ( forgive me if I'm mistaken),"Information
in the form of energy , streams in simultaneously through all of our sensory systems , and then it
explodes into this collaborative collage ( the collage here are used to signified the greatness of our
brain , being each of the brain cell ability to think )".
Now , our brain has two very opposing parts , the passive and the active group.This two groups are
very different in a manner such that it can even contradicts itself , although it being in a single organ
in our body which is weird.That is the power of decision.
We make decision in our daily life and in fact , every things make decision , even in the atomic level
( the attracting and discharge of electron itself by atoms is decision).But what makes us different
from other things are that we are able to make decision even beyond the passive limitation ).For
example , when you are running you will eventually gets tired.When you are tired , your passive
group of brain make decisions to increase heartbeat and increase breathing process rate , and
provide your active group of brain a decision to stop running (since running is an active process).You
have now 2 options, firstly you agreed with the passive brain to stop running and get a rest.Secondly
, you could countinue running and eventually dies.Now here's the thing , the main objective of living
thing is to , survive and dying is not a very good choice if you want to survive , but you , as a living
thing , an independant living things has actually broke the very purpose of being a living thing (the
fact that very aim of living things is to survive also intrigues me , how can a bunch of collaborative
chemicals wants to live , to survive ).Unlike plants for example , they are subjected to boundaries or
laws.For example , when they require sunlight and water , it will grow shoot and root
respectively.They are unable to overcome this limitation of "thinking" because they are not
independant , unlike we human.More amazingly, with this power of decision we are able to compute
a very complicated mathemical problems , mechanical problems , and overcome flaws.
Although that was a very bad example of decision but the point here is that we have the power to
actually do something beyond the horizon and boundaries of passiveness.We human has this
miracelous gift of being able to think actively.With this capability , we can do something good, or
something bad.And it is for us to decide.Is it with this capability , that divide humans into levels of
intelectuality and quality, it is this capability that can shape a single human capable of transforming
and nourishing the whole entity of universe and when ignored , the most simpleton of blockhead,
bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead,
muttonhead, numskull kind of human.
It is for you , to decide.