Human Rebellion

“What’s produced the aeroplane is not so much a desire to fly as a rebellion against the tyranny of time and space.” (p.14)


From this quotation, I understand that the only reason human beings have accomplished so much technologically, scientifically, and medically wise is because of our rebellious nature. We want to acheive things that have been stated to be unattainable or impossible, such as humans learning to fly. Because of these statements saying that we, humans, can not acheive a certain goal our rebellious nature drives us to go against the laws of nature telling us what we can and can not do and rise up against it and prove it wrong.

I, however, disagree with this quotation. I believe that humans acheive great accomplishments by the desire to improve and accomplish. Even though we are told that we are unable to accomplish something, we try and try again, not out of rebellion, but out of that desire to improve. For example, the Wright Brothers did not just want to try and fly out of rebellion against nature, they wanted to see if they were capable of accomplishing their goal. There are many other examples of humans acheiveing goals that were thought to be impossible, but it wasn't acheived out of rebellion, but as the desire to accomplish.