Reflections #2

According to the article a paradigm is a representation or well put together point of view that is convincible enough to be considered a fact. As long as the subject or theory contains enough proof or evidence as to why this theory is considered to be what it seems, it is then it is closer to being stated as a fact. One of the examples in the article that I comprehend well is the example of religion. The example is of the traditional beliefs of a Christian or of a Roman Catholic. The example is based on things that we were taught to believe in according to faith, from our younger years and it becomes a traditional belief. The diagram lists on the left side, things of a human nature such as why we as humans sin, why women go through pain during child birth, and even why men are suppose to have the upper hand in a marriage. On the right side of the diagram, lists possible explanations as to why these incidents have become a norm to our human nature. Explanations such as Adam and Eve‘s punishment for disobeying God is why woman go through pain during childbirth and men having the upper hand is a woman’s punishment, the idea that man must labor the ground all the days of his life is there punishment and the fact that we are descendants of Adam is the reason why sin is innate from birth. Because these are not just possible explanations but also things in which we are trained to believe by relatives, it becomes traditional for us to teach the next generation the same as we were taught to believe. Paradigm Shift is the result of a better explanation or theory of why certain things happen and why they appear to happen the way that they do. It is a transformation of thoughts from one belief or behavior because of a more reasonable or valid explanation. One example that I can think of for paradigm shift is when men thought that the sun revolved around planet earth because it rose to the east in the morning and it set to the west by night. For almost all of history this was believed to be a fact because of well produced information. Until Galileo Galilei came up with a better explanation.