The other day I got into an argument with our professor on the disasters which man made things have bought to our doorsteps. Well this post is not about the natural vs artificial debate but about the very definition of "Artificial".
We define artificial as something conceived and created by man. We think just because the human mind has thought of it it somehow magically it is separated from the other natural things. I am of the view that there is nothing called as "Artificial". It all natural out there. I think it is a gross arrogance on our part to think that just because we are self aware we are somehow detached from nature and we can function independently of it. I believe that nature created man to look at itself. So man being a 100% natural product will subsequently create natural products only. It may be different from what occurs commonly but when man creates a new thing it is actually nature creating itself. We may try but we will always be a subset of nature.
Anything man made is good or bad like the uncountable things around us which are both good and bad. Earthquakes are bad but the same system which causes earthquake creates the magnetic field which protects us from the dangerous cosmic rays. Similarly we may say that plastic created by so called "Man" is causing so much pollution but it is an integral part of modern society helping us from storing our food to saving our lives in operation theaters.
So we must end this debate about Natural Vs Artificial. Its not just the man made against the natural made that is important what is important is the way of usage. So any natural thing used in a wrong way will harm us and similarly any man made "natural" thing if used correctly will be a boon.
Use natural use artifical but whatever you use just don't screw around with it...
We define artificial as something conceived and created by man. We think just because the human mind has thought of it it somehow magically it is separated from the other natural things. I am of the view that there is nothing called as "Artificial". It all natural out there. I think it is a gross arrogance on our part to think that just because we are self aware we are somehow detached from nature and we can function independently of it. I believe that nature created man to look at itself. So man being a 100% natural product will subsequently create natural products only. It may be different from what occurs commonly but when man creates a new thing it is actually nature creating itself. We may try but we will always be a subset of nature.
Anything man made is good or bad like the uncountable things around us which are both good and bad. Earthquakes are bad but the same system which causes earthquake creates the magnetic field which protects us from the dangerous cosmic rays. Similarly we may say that plastic created by so called "Man" is causing so much pollution but it is an integral part of modern society helping us from storing our food to saving our lives in operation theaters.
So we must end this debate about Natural Vs Artificial. Its not just the man made against the natural made that is important what is important is the way of usage. So any natural thing used in a wrong way will harm us and similarly any man made "natural" thing if used correctly will be a boon.
Use natural use artifical but whatever you use just don't screw around with it...
Comments
One major difference between naturally made and artificially made products are that natural made products can be disposed off easily but not artificial ones and does not cause harm to the environment
If we want to live longer, we need to take care of the way we handle all that's provided to us. For even if tomorrow the world ends , that means that humans stop existing but nature, in whatever form , will be there forever !!
Good Post !!