BP 9

Ulmer’s Questions

Heuretics Question: Do you think that if we begin to learn in a way that is heavily influenced by the creative figures in our current day and age? And through this how do you think it would be? 

I ask this because of the influence he mentions through different times i.e. being the goddesses and then being Gauguin. 

Theopraxesis Question: Do you believe that if we were to find a way to have everything be synchronically harmonized that we can learn to thrive through the experiences we learn through life orality, electracy, and literacy wise? 

MacDonald’s Response: “…but it has been unclear how many species go extinct under normal circumstances, without human influence.” 

This quote stood out because of the way that we as humans like to think that maybe because species were going extinct before the high number of the human population we can’t be the cause for it now. This made me laugh to be very honest, the way that we are so inconsiderate of the fact that we have created these types of scenarios where we are the reason why the atmosphere is in the state that it is. 

Wallace-Wells’ Response: “Most people talk as if Miami and Bangladesh still have a chance of surviving; most of the scientists I spoke with assume we’ll lose them within the century.” 

This stood out because of the way that we are so naive to the idea of actually losing cities like this because we don’t take global warming as seriously as it should be taken. There are a lot of people who don’t see a century as something that isn’t that far from now. And we don’t see it as it would affect us directly so why worry about it? But the sad truth is, is that we aren’t as concerned and worried about this topic as we should. All because we are aware that it is happening, all because we don’t take the bus for a day and walk everywhere, doesn’t mean that if we don’t get the world to catch up and realize the importance of stopping this as much as we can. We can lose a lot more and lose them fast. 

Luu’s Response: “This is a valuable way of looking at the world that is often encapsulated in the very names of the plants, offering information that can’t be quickly discovered by scientists in the field.” 

This stood out because it showed that even though a lot of people speak up against global warming, they don’t know much about nature itself. It’s funny really. It’s hard to see if anyone cares really about the earth because of the lack of information they have on this earth and its natural upbringing. That being the things that a grown throughout the world. And, interestingly, we continue to live in big cities rather than taking a moment and becoming one with nature to realize what we are putting in danger.