Know It All

The part of human nature that makes us want to discover the unknown is very simple...we want to know everything. Everybody has an extreme thirst for knowledge in one field or another and they will go out of their ways to learn about something that interests them. For some, this is learning an instrument or skill. But, for others, that is discovering ways to better human life and to explore worlds beyond our own.

This desire to learn everything we can about the world around us has completely shaped civilization as a whole. That thirst for knowledge and discovery gave us mathematics, architecture, science, war, peace, and anything else you can think of. As for venturing into the unknown, if explorers had not sailed the ocean in the attempts to find other lands, there is a chance that many civilizations would have died out. Finding other cultures around the world led to trade, expansion, and knowledge.

I also believe a small part of our human nature that drives discovery is hope. Hope that there is more life out there and answers to problems that we cannot solve yet. As long as we continue to thirst for knowledge and always hope to discover more, civilization will continue to grow and thrive. If we manage to find life on other planets, there is a chance that we will be introduced to technologies that could revolutionize life as we know it. We could learn cures to diseases, methods to protect our ever dwindling natural resources, and maybe one day we will find other planets that we can expand to in order to help with overpopulation. The possibilities are endless as to what is out there in the massive unknown universe, and although I may not live to see these amazing discoveries, I am excited for the day somebody makes them.