But what amazes me is the level people will go to deny the greater implication of this discovery. That the concept of "race" is further negated. It is of some small amusement to me that the more humanity tries to classify the world into different things for ease of understanding, the more they are finding that everything is linked together.
The reason we tend to classify things is because it makes it easier to relate and work with them. Yet for some reason a lot of people have trouble then re-integrating those parts back into a cohesive whole.
But I digress. The thing that astounds me is that we treat each other as strangers, that we have systems actually devised to seperate each other and to provide some flawed view of equity that places certain people in positions of greater influence than others.
I'm kind of uncertain how to best describe all this. I've mentioned before about people deliberately looking for ways to dispute even the most rational of views.
My big question really is - why does the idea of everyone being the same scare people so much? We're not talking the Borg here - we are all unique in a way. But we are all equally unique. We are all related to each other and the idea that some people are inherently better than others is a lie.
People lay claim to religion, politics and even science to justify their attitudes. I'm not saying we have to all like each other. But there is no justification that would hold up from the perspective of the Universe itself. Consider this discovery a gentle reminder that humanity needs to get over itself.
Wow - that's a pretty bold thing for me to say. But I'm going to come out and say it again. Because I am sick and tired of reading about people tormenting the unwilling, killing others for all sorts of stupid reasons, and generally making there be all manner of suffering.
It has been said that we will not see sufficient change in a single lifetime. Bollocks. Yes, change is difficult and scary. Yes, it takes a lot of work and effort.
But if you want it, it will happen.
The reason there is pain and suffering in this world is because so many people have convinced themselves that they can't change the world. That they can't have a better life. And because some people who want to keep you down promote that idea. Not in a conspiracy - it doesn't need to be that organised. It has just taken millennia for us to get that complacent.
There is enough pain and suffering in the world due to natural disasters, disease and the like - why do humans need to keep adding to that? They don't.
There is enough killing from those who are mentally unstable and emotionally detached - if we spent less time thinking of ways to deny our equality, less time coming up with news ways to torture and kill, then we'd probably be able to solve many of those other issues with more efficiency.
We could improve education, health and maybe even realise a new economic system. The potential for human endeavour has been consistently proven to be near limitless. But we keep convincing ourselves that it must take generations. But with patience, compassion and a true commitment from humanity to have a better world - we could do it in a single generation. The problem is that some people don't want to believe in such a world because they think in typical slippery slope ideas.
Resources? We have enough resources on earth to tap into the larger levels of resources available in our solar system. We waste those resources on wars and financial competitiveness..
Politics? Much of politics is based on the idea of bloodlines - however all 6.5 billion of us have been shown to all come from the same bloodline. So it becomes pointless to claim that our differences are insurmountable - we choose to accept our culture and differences. No one is saying we have to agree on every little detail. There is room for muslims, christians, atheists and others. There is room for different nations, different social cultures. This is the point that so many people seem to have trouble with - yes, most cultures will need to change their views on some things, but change is not synonymous with destruction.
It is about accepting the common ground and building a world that is in harmony, not dissonance.
The good news is that it isn't too late to start this change, and we all can do our bit to help. Just treating people in our own lives with some respect and tolerance builds the likelihood. One day, maybe, the world as a whole will snap out of it and we'll see change occur much faster...
Here's hoping.
Love and Huggles
Conan
Currently Reading: nothing
Currently Playing: The Grand Experiment; Exalted
Mood: Feeling muy philosophical...
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