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Intellectual ideas are often controversial because they challenge predominant beliefs, especially religious beliefs that people have held for a long time. This causes cognitive dissonance. People also have different perspectives and worldviews based on their knowledge and experiences. Intellectual ideas that contradict cultural beliefs or philosophical principles can be seen as threatening. Humans generally prefer certainty and are threatened by things that disrupt their worldviews or suggest they could be wrong.

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Intellectual ideas are often controversial because they challenge predominant beliefs, especially religious beliefs that people have held for a long time. This causes cognitive dissonance. People also have different perspectives and worldviews based on their knowledge and experiences. Intellectual ideas that contradict cultural beliefs or philosophical principles can be seen as threatening. Humans generally prefer certainty and are threatened by things that disrupt their worldviews or suggest they could be wrong.

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1. Why do you think were these intellectual ideas controversial?

Intellectual ideas are controversial because most people aren’t free thinkers. When an idea goes against
the predominantly held belief especially religion, most people go through a state of Cognitive
dissonance, a state wherein new ideas challenge a belief that’s been held for a very long time like
religion.

Most of intellectual ideas are controversial since people have different perspective in life because of
their differences in the knowledge they have and the experience they gain. It challenges the
philosophical principle or standard, science like evolution of things or its origin. Its contradiction to the
beliefs and culture they live in, made it controversial. The changes that intellectual ideas want to impose
can create controversy because our minds contradicts to each other. People have the attitude of
wanting certainty or assurance about anything so that, it can lead to arguments or in some ways, it is
just interesting which it catches their attention.

Most humans seek to make order out of chaos. They form a view of how the world is, and feel
threatened when something disrupts their worldview. Not only are they threatened by the novelty, but
often their own judgement and actions have been formulated on their view of what they thought as
good or bad. So they respond negatively to the imposition that they could be wrong.

2. Why did the people accept these new discoveries despite being contradictory to what was widely
accepted at the time?

It is because new discoveries are well studied and proven to be better with what is widely accepted
before. It is also because they accept changes which maybe, they believe that it will lead to progress or
development. New discoveries are well studied and proven in which it might be better than what have
discovered before . It is somewhat, innovation to what is known before. Also, the new discoveries are
strongly proven with a better evidences than their beliefs that time which lead to conviction of the new
idea than the other.

New discoveries are made every single day by scientists, and researchers.
Some of the reasons why new discoveries are made are listed below:

To cope up with the ever-changing environment

To acquire new knowledge, techniques, cure to illnesses, and inventions

To widen the advancement of science and technology

To provide people a better experience and living

Before a new discovery is made, it will undergo first a thorough study or research for it to be valid and to
have proof. The study / research consists of scientific method steps. Producing a new discovery takes
time, money and lots of effort for it to be successful. This is the main reason why new discoveries are
accepted even if they are contradictory to was accepted before. Despite being the opposite of the
previous discovery, a new discovery has numerous data and analysis from thorough research that makes
it valid and acceptable.

3. How do intellectual revolutions transform societies?

These revolutions contributed a lot to the people’s daily lives. The complicated tasks can be more easier
and humans do their jobs with lesser effort because of the new technologies invented.

Intellectual revolutions transformed societies through developing our thinking skills. Critical-thinking,
evaluation, innovations and creating new rules for equality are just some of the examples of how this
revolutions transformed societies. It is a continuous process of development to achieve the needs of the
society. It collaborates our greatminds to make the world in peace. It is progressive in which it innovates
everything with new discoveries and experiences.

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