Can We Train Ourselves to Break Out of The Box of Evolution?

     An interesting question, "Can We Train Ourselves to Break Out of The Box of Evolution?" If humans were able to achieve this feat, then what would be the need for any planning whatsoever in life? In Richard Dawkins' TED talk, he uses an aggregation of multiple scientist's studies and experiments such as Einstein's theory of quantum mechanics and the theory established by Steve Grand that humans are more like a wave rather than a permanent thing, to formulate a radical new idea on the topic of matter, and ultimately talk about what in the physical universe can be characterized as being "real". In his discussion, he brings up a new idea about waves (electromagnetic, thermal, microwaves, light, gamma waves, etc.) and physical matter such as this computer or a person's body. This idea is that is that there exists no difference between the two in the sense that both are credibly "real" and both abide by the aspects of physical laws. Another main point made in his discussion is the thought that there are some things in this universe that are so queer and incoherent, that humans, not even the most pristine of scientific minds, can even begin to comprehend the gravity of such notions. He goes into minor detail about as humans, along with other living creatures conscious minds grow and expand as their bloodlines continue to excel, their viewpoints on what is and what isn't possible will continue to change, whether that change is an increase of a decrease in possibility. Dawkins made a comment that carries much thought in today's science community, his conception was, that if people in the 17th century believed it possible to travel the cosmos, then would it be plausible that people today would be flying around the universe in highly efficient space explorers? Maybe so, but humans will never know, unless we create our own ability to travel through time (what has actually been gaining popularity as an idea, according to sciindustry.com*) What I take from this discussion is that there really is no limit to what can be achieved by human minds. Once an idea so immense and revolutionary such as time travel, or the belief that we actually can travel through space like something out of Star Wars is thought-of and expanded on, then who is to say it can't be physically done? The answer to that question, however, lies in one's own evolved sense of reality. If that limitation, that road block between higher-level thinking and current meaningless reality is broken, then anything can truly be possible. Aside from these revolutionary ideas, one main credibility in this idea is due to Richard Dawkins' technique if hard-driving scientific phrasing. Rather than previously viewed speakers and their techniques of incorporating humor into their talks, Dawkins persisted through his discussion, making many references to previous scientists and their works, playing upon the mentality that science is a sort-of work in progress, and that by reveling into new discoveries in the field of science, one is merely adding to the grand scheme of discoveries, formulas, laws, and theories of science, including themself. Dawkins, rather than adding new discoveries to the science community, however, he approached it from a different aspect; By connecting multiple ideas into one big picture. Quite relative to Mrs. Smith's classes studies on the right-brain, if I say so myself. In the sense of school, this idea actually has more preponderance than one may think. First, if students, as well as teachers were to manage to master the technique of "thinking outside of the revolutionary box", then the content and learning each received from school would have the power to excel without limitation. Second, more in relation to life rather than school, if one were to learn how to climb this greatly metaphorical ladder off the beaten path with their new ideas and insights, then one would have the power to master other crucial arts in life (discussed by Dan Pink's "A Whole New Mind") such as symphony, empathy, design, happiness, and overall a larger sense of play in life, turning mundane tasks into involving acts of self/social defining animation. Pertaining to the world, this 'big-picture" idealism of this TED talk encompasses elements from both school and life related applications, but on a much larger scale. The idea of breaking from the norm and creating and connecting all new perceptions and connections with global human knowledge, could be the possible missing link between humans flourishing rather than consummating. Imagine for eleven seconds; Each and every human being on Earth, all containing a clear mind and soul, working together to tackle some of the most prevalent, yet ignored problems on Earth, all in favor of the well-being of everyone else as well as the planet. Good thought- huh? To conclude, Richard Dawkins TED talk on the idea of people learning to break free from the box of  current evolution has more gravity pertaining to the world than is visible at first. Like any other major idea relating to global-well-being, all it takes is a little digging, a lot of drive, and a multitude of creative perceptions.

*http://sciindustry.com/time-travel.html