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Such nonmainstream 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.
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Nonmainsteam areas such as astrology and fortune-telling came into existence since ancient times. It it true that they played a vital roll in the past. However, in my opinion, with the development of modern science, the mainstream areas play a more vital role than the nonmainstream areas.
First of all, people, in the ancient times, were satisfied by nonmainstream areas to meet their needs due to the limitation of science and nonmainstream areas such as astrology did have its effects on some cultures. Astrology, knowledge of apparent positions and celestial bodies, is held to be useful in understanding and interpreting the reality and human existence on earth. It was believed that the positions of celestial bodies influenced and correlated people's personality and important traits in their lives. People, in the past, held this belief in that they did not have a thorough understanding of the astronomy. In fact, astrology is not a science, but a intuitive discipline. Moreover, it is true that astrology had some effects on the western culture. For example, the word influenza was called by doctors because they considered it to be caused unfavorable planetary influences. Also the sevens days of a week was named by the traits of planets. Thus, people, in the past, required needs from nonmainstream areas due to their little understanding of the nature. Meanwhile, nonmainstream areas such as astrology have their positive effects on some cultures.
Furthermore, in the present, people began to realize the limitation of nonmainstream areas and the prediction is more suitable for the objective world. With the development of science, people began to know the world with thorough comprehension. And they realized that the nonmainstream areas such as fortune-telling are not creditable. For instance, fortune-telling, a practice of predicting future, is usually for commercial aim. Nowadays, there are a lot of websites or magazines about fortune-telling. They always use vague terms and tell people what they wish to hear, also their statements can be equally applied to several people. The fundamental of fortune-telling's goal is to make money, instead of predicting people's future. Moreover, scientists regard fortune-telling as pseudoscience. Actually, the stuff human can predict is usually the objective world rather than human beings themselves. Take weather forecast as an example. With the modern technology, people can foresee the weather in the future with solid evidence. However, there is hardly any convictive evidence to predict a person's future. Therefore, with the development of science, people, in the present, begin to understand the essence of nonmainstream areas.
Finally, as a matter of fact, in contemporary society, mainstream areas play a vital role in satisfying human needs. With the progress of modern science, there are a lot technological innovations accessible for people, which have improved human's living standards a lot. For instance, different people in different nations can have the same meeting instantaneously through internet. The assemble line have increased the production significantly. People can go to anywhere by air, ship or train. All these have been achieved by the technological innovations based on science. In addition, the mainstream areas have substituted nonmainstream ones to help people to explore the unknown world. Take astronomy as an example. Science has enabled people to know much more about the outer space than before. NASA has launched several satellites to explore the Mar and other planets. All these contributions will provide people correct and premise understanding of the celestial bodies rather than astrology. Hence, mainstream areas play a more vital role in meeting human needs than nonmainstream ones in the modern time.
To sum up, due to limitation of science, nonmainstream areas served as prophet for people in the past. Nevertheless, in the present, mainstream areas play a vital role in satisfying human needs on the basis of modern science and technological innovations. |
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