Friday, September 18, 2009
Copernicus and the trial of Galileo
There are two theories of the solar system, the geocentric and the heliocentric. The geocentric was the first theory that was made where scientist thought that the earth was in the middle of the universe. Everyone thought that the earth was in the middle and other planets revolved around the earth. After 1,800 years the heliocentric theory was opposed to the geocentric theory. The heliocentric theory was said that the earth is not in the middle of the universe that the sun is. All the planets revolve around the sun not the earth. Heliocentric theory is the correct theory because after scientist did more testes about the geocentric theory they notice that the earth is not in the middle. They have figured out that the sun is in the middle.
The Galileo trail was about Galileo proving that the earth is not the center of the universe. He went against the scripture of the bible. He used his telescope to conform that the sun is in the center. Galileo was found guilty and his work was forbidden from being published and others reading his words. The Catholic Church was putting him on trial publishing his book about the sun being in the center. As the Pope Urban had said through his interpretation of the scripture. Galileo believed in the sun being in the center while the church didn't.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Scientific Revolution: The Scientific Method
I believe that the scientific method is true because when test it the theories are true. I believe that while time went on that people got more accurate to anything that was said or beign done in the past. Now people are more sure about stuff then they were before. Like Aristotle who also predicted that men and women have different number of teeth but he didn't even check. That can't be true if he didn't even bother to check. To make it a theory it firsted has to be tested and make sure if its true. Now theories are being tested and are more accurate.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Evolution Vs. Creation
There is evolution and there is creation both with different explanations, but both about how the world was created. Darwin theory of evolution is that he thinks the world was started by apes not by god who created Adam and Eve. Darwin believes that first there were apes and the apes changed and turned into humans like us. That over the hundreds of years that pass we all change, our body changes and convert into something different. While in Creation the explanation is that god created Adam and Eve and they were the ones who started us humans. Before creating Adam and Eve first created the sun, rivers, oceans, trees, etc, then after that Adam was created and after Adam came Eve. Two different stories but still no one knows which one is true.
I believe that god had created this world and made Adam and Eve to start it of. To me creation sounds more reasonable and understanding because the way its told sounds like it happened. I would hear many stories about it from the bible and it would seem true like that's the reason why everyone is created. Even though there are still questions that are yet not answered about where the other people came from after Adam and Eve and how the population grew. Also evolution also makes sense but I believe more in creation, it seems like we could have been made out of apes but then it doesn't. We do see that people change after a long period of time but while thinking about it more the creation makes more sense to me.
Everybody has their own mind, we all think different not everybody opinion is the same. I might think creation was the reason why but others might think it was evolution. There is no real reason of which is true none of the questions are really answered. Creation or evolution I would pick creation. I believe god had created life and humans. Not that apes were the ones who started it all out. Everyone has their own opinion and that's mine.