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Imagine that science ruled the world, as it could be seen to rule the world that we live in today. As humans, we run towards new discoveries because we are engulfed in our in modern lifestyles. Modernity as described in Stephen Herring's lecture “Modernism and Postmodernism” is “... the belief that rationalism and technology are sufficient to solve all our problems. The idea is that materialism will take us where we need to go.” Also, in Stephen Herring's lecture "Supernatural vs Rational World Views," rationalism is “...the belief in the power of reason, observation, deduction, and logic.” I have seen the change that comes along with modernity and rationalism, at least to the point that I have witnessed it. Social media and internet is not as strange to millennial because we grew up during the invention of this modern technology. For example, all I ever heard about was Facebook and how you could connect with so many people on this …show more content…

It may be that Facebook and other social media mediums are causing an unhealthy reliance on technology, but then again, rationalism describes the way we materialize our lives for the purpose of advancing in science and …show more content…

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