Our Way of Thinking

Albert Einstein once said, "No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong." From this quote I learned that even the great can be proven wrong by anyone, its just the matter on how people will take their once great ideas to be proven wrong. One of the most dangerous things that can ever happen to the human conscious is to be proven wrong. We the human race loves nothing more than to feel superior or be "right." This habit of thinking led to our selfish materialistic desires, mindless violence, and our endless greed. Being right never felt so good to us and we always want to be right by any means necessary. Since the dawn of time many who challenged an idea were viewed as the distorter of peace, but actually it was just another idea of thinking.

Many early scientists were the ones who suffered the most by challenging the word of God and proposing a logical explanation for everything. Galileo Galilei was one of the scientists during the Renaissance age that defied the explanation from the church and tried to the find the true answers in life. One of the most famous ones is that the Earth was not the center of the universe but it was the sun. When this idea was first publicly known the church declared Galileo Galilei the traitor of God, but in reality he just made a simple observation that proved the other to be invalid. It is quite humorous that the human race thrives to be perfect when our entire race is built on imperfection. From an event that happened to me recently, my friend was offended by my view on religion. I began to wonder why he is getting angry. The reason was that he didn't want to be proven wrong on his beliefs. I do understand many different types of religion and try to keep an open mind, but some people are just too clingy on their beliefs and don't want to proven wrong on something they strongly believe in. The hardest thing for a human can do is to always keep an open mind and acknowledge any ideas that come to them.

It is quite sad that the human race thrives on their beliefs to be always right and valid when there is real logical explanation for everything. If everyone tries to keep an open mind and tries even a little to acknowledge every ideas, our human race can later have a much more peaceful and smarter future.