We Are The Breakthrough
Emilin Mathew |
TEDxAmericanHeritageSchool
• November 2019
There are rationalists who think that processes like the scientific method, which has revolutionized our understanding of the natural world, are an incorrect and futile method to truly gain knowledge. Nietzsche, who’s famous for saying, “God is dead, and we have killed him,” shared this view that the triumphing of scientific rationality has ruined our society.
What’s ironic to Emilin Mathew, however, is that while she listens to a lot of people, whether it be philosophers in her air pods or people around her, tell her she wastes her hours conducting systematic studies, she is motivated to continue with her passion. Even as she actively listens to discouragements, she continues on. Most people would have existential crises in such a situation, hearing a devaluation of their work, but it takes a level of audacity to value input, but disregard them, nonetheless.