My 2nd Lecture Blog pt 1

Today's class was really interesting. I listened with keen interest as Chris lectured. The lecture was about economics concepts.

Chris Horrie started by saying that he is an atheist and that he believes in evolution and how the earth was being formed, archeological facts and fossils etc,and even quoted Genesis 1 "In the beginning was the world". I am a Christian and I believe in the Bible and I believe that God created us all and we are all descendants of Adam and Eve and we didn't evolve from monkeys and apes. The evolution story is all science and biology,but I wont go there today, it will be another topic for another day. Everybody is entitled to their opinion but the simple truth is that God created us all, and that is a fact and I have evidence to prove that, and that is "THE HOLY BIBLE".

Chris asked me if I could come for the meeting on Thursday at the Learning Cafe because I am an International student and it would be nice for me to come and I said yes, sure.

The lecture started with Economic theory from enlightenment Neoclassicism to Modernism. Adam Smith , Scottish, is known as the Father of Economics. He is the author of 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations' , published in 1776 . He asked, 'why is one Nation wealthier than the other'? Answer is because it's rules allow the population to develop a COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE and then allows FREE TRADE (with no state monopolies).

What is Economics? Economics is a precise way of measuring human behaviour. You can trace human behaviour to money and the only thing money cannot buy is 'GENUINE POVERTY', apart from that, everything can be purchased. Money is a good way of understanding people. I agree with Chris on money matters.

Empiricism: Empiricism developed in the early 17th and 18th century. Empiricism is the belief that all knowledge is ultimately derived from sense experience. It is an idea rooted in direct experience. Example 'I wont believe it until I see it with my own two eyes'. The British School of empiricism developed through the works of John Locke, George Berkeley and David Hume. Empiricism is often and frequently contrasted with Rationalism. Rationalism takes the view that self-evident A Priori propositions are the sole basis of all knowledge. A priori,meaning in the beginning, 'god is dead' (LIES).It means that there is no empirical evidence that you exist, the only way you can assert that you exist is by A priori. How do I know what I know?

Eve goes Political

Day 1 semester 2. Chris has asked us to blog and he has made it compulsory for us to blog about what was discussed in class today. What did Chris talk about in class today???? Hmmm. Will update you about today's lecture as soon as I finish my research on it.