It has recently come to my attention that in the entire world there are only three catagories of things. Every single thing is either an example of Nature, Science, or Religion. Let me explain through example.
Nature is everything that just is. Humans are nature. So are dogs. So are trees and rivers and the plague. Nature. Nature exists whether or not people fuck with it. Humans try to interpret nature through both Science and Religion.
Science is everything that humans make. Humans are the only parts of Nature which can do Science. I know that some monkeys and birds and bacteria use sticks and shit to get their food and scratch their paramecium or whatever, but that isn't Science, that's just using a stick. Humans have made cars (science), plastic (science), and bombs (science). That's what humans do. We run over, laminate, and blow-up your puny sticks.
Religion is everything that humans think... that they don't understand. If humans can't make science out of some part of nature, they make it religion (think the Greeks with the sun- they couldn't build solar panels, so they decided it was a god in a chariot.) Religion gets tricky when Science has some answer for something that Religion has had the stranglehold on for awhile. Religion is real bad at letting go.
So there you go. Three simple catagories which comprise every single thing ever. This theory is still fresh, so if anyone has any questions about how to catagorize something, please ask.
(6/4 Edit) I was talking about the theory with my buddy and came up with a few more things to say: Nature exists in everything, but Humans manipulate nature, either literally through Science or figuratively through Nature. Art is tricky, but I believe that while the practise of art, the technical creation is Science, the product is Religion. Art is a way for people to understand and express things that are outside of our own capacities. Art is Religion.
The original theory, as I recall, did not include science, but rather technology. However I brought that down with the cunning use of hair dye and now you counter by calling it science. silly.
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ReplyDeleteso motherfucker is it nature, science or religion when I drill your ass over the edge with Kirby?
ReplyDeleteThere needs to be a fourth category for what Aaron is taking about. Sometimes people use the three things Matt set up and do crazy shit with them, like in the Matrix. When Jesus walked on water, he was messing with nature and science. Religion came out of that, but walking on water isn't relgion. It's just a guy doing crazy shit. There needs to be a fourth category for this stuff. Maybe call it "Paradoxes" or "Magic" or "Trickery."
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