In the article taken out of the book Consilience, Edward O. Wilson makes the claim that in order for human beings to successfully chart the brain and understand how it really works, we would need the collaboration of both "scientists and humanities scholars". In the midst of attacking postmodernists, he basically says that human beings stem out from science (and that's why our existence can be explained in a scientific way), but we also need to remember that it's not just about science. It's also about generalization and gathered information about humanity as a whole that helps explain our being.
This statement that we read about and discussed in class is extremely relevant in a world like today. We now live in a very confused world where over half of the population actually practice a religion and the others refuse to believe in God, claiming that science and evolution is what made us human. In a world like today where children and brought up confused about whether they should believe in God or whether they should believe in science, the claim that Wilson makes is completely relevant. The best part about Wilson making this claim is that he is offering a solution to this crisis and that is to simply believe and believe in both science and the humanities.
This cliam is basically like a summary of my own beliefs, in a weird way. Ever since I was younger I fell in love with science and have sort of used that to guide my actions and my explanation for life. I have also been agnostic for as along as i can remember and when I read what Wilson wrote in this article, I was completely shocked. I was really excited when he explained how we could be understood by these two opposite things. His idea is incredibly powerful and I believe that if everyone had an outlook like his, the world would be a better, more peaceful place.
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