(September 30, 2017 at 2:04 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote:(September 26, 2017 at 9:07 am)pocaracas Wrote: Curiosity killed the cat, so say the ancient folk.
Curiosity is not a human trait.
And the curiosity towards space should stem from the observation that it moves relative to us, but moves periodically.
Cats are natural hunters; that's why they are curious. They are derived by interest (like hunger or finding hiding spots), but my question still remains: what drives humans on the other hand, to explore the heavens? what do we have there to care about?
We, too, are natural hunters... and we see birds hunting... and we want to be there with them.
(September 30, 2017 at 2:04 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: If you choose the attractiveness and beauty of the scene; it asks: why is it so attractive; then?
If you choose evolution, then why did humans didn't grow the same feeling to other scenes? especially these days when we discovered the devastating hostility it has for human visitors.
I think you'll find that not many people yearn to be in the void of space.
We just find beauty in the shapes, the colors... they appear with patterns that seem non-threatening to us, hence our wish to know more, to find out what those things are... like the cat, we investigate.
(September 30, 2017 at 2:04 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: All of nature is not bound to our laws and doesn't move relative to us.
Quote: And the curiosity towards space should stem from the observation that it moves relative to us, but moves periodically.
Elaborate
Long ago, man looked up. And saw the sun, the moon and the stars.
All these spin around our heads... some stars seem to be fixed on the black background..... others wander around in strange patterns, the wandering stars, or, in Greek, planētes asteres. Hence we had our planets.
All these twirled around the heads of those people of old. Twirled periodically... like the seasons... like the moon... why such periodicity?
