Often times we stumble upon the peculiarities of life and we are tempted to ask questions in order to satisfy assumptions. Questions though are nothing but representations of perceptions. Perceptions on their turn are nothing more than the sum of stimuli that filter through our physiology. This is how and why most questions are invalid or wrong.
Usually philosophy comes to the rescue for most questions about life — or so it pretends it does. Rhetorics and narratives can formulate answers but often times they don't really answer the question but rather satisfy the subject’s perception. Semantics and complex terminology are often enough to entertain the ears of the masses without much sense coming out. This is why philosophical answers often sound more like a technical manual rather than a plain simple answer. This is why most people end up following straigh-up bullshiters that talk simple about "happiness", "love" and other meme words.
This is partly where philosophy fails. In an attempt to explain the complex peculiarities of being a living organism on a floating rock through space, the philosophical enquiry has invented a lexicon that only insiders can comprehend. Most people approaching philosophical subjects in depth feel confused, often alienated. In most cases one cannot even distinguish the bullshiter from the philosopher because the lines get increasingly grayed out. Heck, most people will bail out from this post just because a few words might appear too complex.
"Who made the universe?" is as a silly question as "Why pigeons are shitting assholes?". Why do we need a creator? Why do pigeons have bad personalities? Try to answer these questions and you create more invalid questions that drive the individual into of vortex of mindfucks. Give it an hour or two and you find yourself discussing discussing a completely different subject, having no idea how you ended up there to begin with. The question is often a symptom of our own anxiety, nothing more.
In an attempt to “elevate” our human existence into something “more” we try to offer complex explanations about life but we fail. This is how wars start. How religion exterminate each other. Conflicting answers to invalid questions.
Thing is, life does not care. The universe does not care. We are the authors and readers of our own manuals and yet we end up getting confused. A nail cannot hammer itself into wood. For that it needs another tool. This is how most of us get lost in our own minds, in our own thoughts. This is why most people give up when things appear too complicated.
The mind was not build for complex things but rather for simple, satisfying answers. Even those among us who excel at something, rather have a passion for what they do, almost a pathological obsession to get the job done for a specific kind of reward.
For most things around us there is no answer because simply most questions are either invalid or silly. Every single question should satisfy specific constituents before being being worded out. Ofte times, examining the nature of our own question can give us more answers about ourselves that our question even could.
When I was teenager and working in restaurant like most teenagers, my boss told me a story about his philosophy class. In his final exam, his philosophy teacher asked only one question: Why?
Every student started pondering and writing various existential stuff for the whole duration of the exam, except one guy, who scribbled something and left the room after a few minutes. Turns out that guy got the highest grade for that exam, and his answer was: Why not.
Philosophers (and scientists) tend to get absorbed in their technicalities and semantics that they lose the audience after a few lines. It's true, I used to have very long and deep discussions with my friends at university, discussions that often led to other thoughts completely unrelated. Or were they? Everything in the universe is connected one way or another, it's no surprise that thoughts may seem mixed up at first, but at their basics there's always something common connecting them. It's the interpretation that differs from one person to another, which can lead, as you mentioned, to religious clashes and wars.
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother." ― Albert Einstein
Awesomely put
Didn't get all from the post because of its complexity... But was a great read..
And loved these lines
Reminded of a couple of things here....
Most events are simply "events" (rain, natural disasters, etc.) and the problems arise because we insist on assigning some kind of "value" to them... like "good," or "bad" or whatever.
Then there's the human tendency to want to gather "external explanations" for processes happening inside us; in our psyche. "Such and such MADE me do that." No. No, it didn't... you just FELT like doing it, in that moment... but you're unwilling to own that...
Good post; good thoughts,,,
People too often and questions in order to confirm their own, sometimes, misguided beliefs.
It's important to "hear" all sides of a conversation and use your mind to make a decision for yourself.
Now I feel that all my philosophical questions are just nonsense,
But I wonder now, that how will I write,
If I can't even judge whether my doubts are either rubbish or right?
Great post and beautiful pic
is exactly like this, it is like the question that was first whether the egg or the chicken, everything depends on perpestiva, because it is worth asking if God exists as if to ask if we are alone in the universe in a single answer could point to the 2 questions, everything is a question of persepcion because the reality is not for all the same, and that dictates the experience, to venture to keep asking that the questions are never finished, because while there are questions there are reasons to live, very good post, thanks for share!
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I like it
Hmm, keep the post to re-read again. Interesting idea
I like it ... I go and read one more time :)
I think it's not good becomes much better
There are indeed plenty of invalid questions and generally speaking the problem is that the questions often include assumptions, especially the ones starting with Why.
When one asks "Why X?" the question has two important implications that are often unjustified assumptions - 1. X is true and 2. There is a reason for X. There are contexts where those questions are fair - situations when X has been demonstrated to be true and when it is reasonable to look for a cause or purpose to X. Like asking "Why did she kick him in the balls?" when we know she indeed kicked him and the fact that she did it implies that she had some reason or motivation to do so. But asking "Why were we created?" for instance is a very different question because one can't definitively show that we were indeed created and we can't simply assume a reason or purpose when we aren't sure there is a conscious actor involved.
As you pointed out, one of the big problems with the way we ask questions about the large issues is flawed because of the type of answer we expect. It's not only that we want simple answers, but a huge number of people hate and do not accept "I/We don't know yet" or "We can't know for sure at this time" as valid answers while they are often the only honest or valid ones.
People want closure and want to live in a world they believe is just and well-ordered. That's unreasonable...
P.S.: You might want to check some typos like having word like discussing and being repeated twice.
Interesting !
Whatever the question is (Silly or Invalid ) but it come after some assumption and little bit imagination !
Really well written, super nice read. I loved reading your thoughts they were great.