human consciousness

Response Number 2

My first passage I decided to write about was from “Something Like a World Order”, which discussed human consciousness of power, culture, and a sense of life. The section on “Fundamental Differences” relate to the discussion on human consciousness because Blumenburg explores the idea of foundation, reason, and building sites where he connects this to actual physical things such as the earth or soil.

The passage “Standing and Consistency” really caught my attention because it brings so much attention to standing, which is an act many adults never consciously think about. Blumenberg points out, “Standing on the ground is an activity, one that determines watchfulness and attention” (Blumenburg 71). How many times a day do you think about the act of standing let alone holding yourself upright in line at a store or a more complicated task like jumping at a concert? Another interesting argument was there is only one ground and only in agriculture do people talk about different types of ground. This is where I really related the two passages to human consciousness. If human consciousness realizes there is only one ground, meaning worldly definition of the ground we stand on, does human consciousness recognize you, me, your best friend, etc. as individuals? Human beings are defined by scientific data as to what makes up our existence, but human consciousness picks apart humanity by dividing people into tiny sub cultural categories. Getting back to Blumenburg argument, “The planet only bestows and has only one ground” but this made me wonder out of 6.5 billion people in the world, what makes you as an individual unique or are we really all the same, according to science and genetic makeup?