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60分钟,413个字 想了提纲再写的
issue41 " Such non-mainstream areas of inquiry as astrology, fortune-telling,and psychic and paranormal pursuits play a vital role in society by satisfying human needs that are not addressed by mainstream science."
I concede that non-mainstream areas of research as enumerated by the speaker deal with the things that mainstream science cannot. But these researches, as far as I am concerned, are mainly harmful to the people.
Non-mainstream knowledge such as psychic and paranormal pursuits meets the innate curiosity deeply rooted in our being humans. While almost everyone is busily engaged in the 24 hour, hyperactive contemporary world, paranormal pursuits, which involves something foreign to our existed understanding of the planet where people have lived for more than 50, 0000 years, give people a sense of freshness.
On the other hand, however, it is people who are mired in extraordinary disappointments that (often) turn to astrology and fortune-telling, which have already been proved to be fake or misleading by the main science. A mother, for example, whose hopeless baby is sure of death in virtue of a deadly disease, will probably goes to a fortune-teller, hoping that her baby's life may be spared. And the participant may even be a highly educated young man. When he cannot find a job in the economy depression, irrationally and gradually he might have hoped that astrologists will tell him that, in a certain future, he will get a job. We cannot deny the fact that technological advancements, no matter what high level they have achieved, cannot address the individual problems described above. Thus, people who are suffering extreme emotional or material hardship will be the potential participants of such fake science as fortune-telling and astrology.
While non-mainstream knowledge may offer people either interest-inspiring understanding of the world and people themselves, or mental comforts as well as meaningless hopes, they are generally harmful. Psychic and other paranormal lovers may spend too much time and energy on abortive researches as such, which will in turn impair their daily work or school performance. For astrology and fortune -telling obsessives, the situation is much worse, because they are endangered of being manipulated by pseudosicience. When the mentioned young man, instead of making an endeavor to find new job opportunities, but lies heavily on the astrologists about his future career, he then becomes the slave of the fortune-telling.
To sum up, these non-mainstream areas of inquiry address certain human needs with regard to curiosity and sever problems in reality. However, awareness must be given when people are fascinated with such things. We must prevent large consuming of time and energy on related inquires, and at the same time, be independent of their influences.
写完才发现,完全没顾到society了. |
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