Saturday, September 26, 2009

Humans CAN Fly?


It's almost a universal fact that everyone breaks laws. I don't know anyone who has never broken at least one law in their life. If it's so easy for us to break laws, then what is the point of them? In the world, there a two kinds of laws, artificial and natural. Artificial are laws that humans make and natural laws are laws of nature that are understood by all species. The artificial laws that humans make are there to protect us and to keep order. People fear that if there is no law and order, that people will act like animals, though technically speaking we kind of ARE animals...but I won't get into that. Artificial laws that are easily broken aren't the most extreme or important laws, that's why it's so easy to get away with them. Also, those laws people will continue to break and it's a known fact that they will. For example, it is a fact that teenagers in high school (not all of them though) will drink alcohol and use illegal drugs. This is a known fact, but it's not really something that can be controlled. Teenagers will continue to do this not only because in their minds the marginal benefit is greater than the cost, but because they want to and it's easy to get away with. People won't do something if in their mind, the cost outweighs the benefit. Natural laws, though, are much harder to break, almost impossible. These are understood rules of life that people have to follow because that's just how it is. For example, people can't fly... that's an understood law. We don't have wings and therefore we can't fly. But, sometimes there are ways to "break" these natural laws. Airplanes, hand gliding, and parasailing are ways for humans to "break" the law that humans can't fly. Also, if you're Criss Angel (pictured above) you can just levitate. Laws are in our lives to help us, though people may not always see it that way. Other laws are easier to break than others, but only because there are not as serious as other offenses may be. When was the last time YOU broke the law?

2 comments:

  1. This is so cool, Gianna! I hadn't thought about this aspect of the law at all. Thanks for getting us to think about this notion in whole new directions.

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  2. Breaking natural laws has serious side effects! Humans created planes to fly, but if something goes wrong, can we say that humans are self-destructive? I really liked your blog =)

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