THE POWER OF THE MIND (1) While embarking on a research one day, I came across a puzzling question that I saw on one of the editions of Awake! (a monthly publication of the Jehovah’s Witnesses). The question bordered on if instincts guide animals, what guides humans? Hmmm!!! Since then, I have been thinking on it. In fact, I didn’t even want to go into the details of their own opinion about the question because I was bent on generating a more satisfying answer myself. Though unconsciously, this question lingered in my mind for years until now that I have been able to unveil a ‘probable’ answer to it and hope to get your own opinion from it. As a science educationist, I have come across several aspects of science that have exposed me to life generally. Most animals (and even micro-organisms) have brains just like humans or at least ‘brain-like’ structures yet their functions in the world are minimal even though they are co-sharers of the world with huma
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PRODUCING BETTER PEOPLE Today, every nation of the world is gearing towards development in every of their sectors, especially the developing nations, African countries to be precise. Several initiatives and policies are being put together to achieve this feat. What has been their result? Are there any possibilities that African countries can one day be that dreamed ‘haven’ for all and sundry? What have we been missing? If we have been missing something, how can this be corrected? During one of my nights of study, I stumbled into a book titled, “Ruling Your World”, by Dr. David O. Oyedepo. Interestingly, that night was the third time I was reading the book. Just within the introductory parts of the book, I got into a deep reflection of the fate and perhaps the future of the African people. I wondered why development has remained relatively slow and to a large extent retrogressive in this part of the world. This piece was birthed from that deep thought.
