sanadee Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 I want the same access to common knowledge, as everybody else does. Link to comment
sanadee Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 Granted: my point about wisdom acquired through experience is a bit off your topic. What exactly is "it" that you do not have? same knowledge of human life as everybody else? knowledge of more worth than others? being mentally equal? access to common knowledge? or, innate access? The same knowledge of human life as everybody else? Link to comment
cantexplain Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 The same knowledge of human life as everybody else? You mean ... (1) The sum of all knowledge of human life everybody else has; or (2) that set of common knowledge of human life everybody else (but you) has? Link to comment
cantexplain Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Okay great!! For me to answer the question you posed in this thread, it might be helpful for me to know what it is that all people (everybody but those in a predicament like yours) share in terms of knowledge about human life. But I can't know this. This is because by being just me (and not others), I can't get in the heads of others and verify which knowledge is common and which is not. Plus, I'd have to have some method of excluding from my investigation everybody in your predicament. Not knowing what I was looking for and then getting into heads of people like yours would make the project that much more confusing. On the other hand, to answer your question maybe I don't need to know what that knowledge is so much as know how it is that one gets it. So there is some knowledge facility that some people have access to that people like you do not. ](*,) By gosh, I am really stumped. Perhaps I don't have access to it, either. Good grief ... and if I don't know what the knowledge is, how am I gonna know what to look for, or even know when I have it?? No wonder life is hard. Link to comment
LightbulbSun Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Know that life isn't a race, and that not everyone gets to the same place at the same time. Link to comment
Intelek Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 I guess thats the purpose of college..to learn a lil' about everything... Link to comment
cantexplain Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 I had to go to three colleges before I really started to get it. I really don't think college or not had much to do with what is really important about knowledge and living life. I had just needed to get enough experience in life to begin to know two things: how to know what the right questions are to ask, and how to teach myself, how to learn. I believe one just has figure these two things out on one's own. Link to comment
Stonefree2 Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 You don't want to be like everyone, or even anyone else...Be yourself! Link to comment
sanadee Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 I want to be mentally equal. i'm not hearing any reason why can not be. Link to comment
penelope13 Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 nobody is saying that you can't be mentally equal, i.e. that you don't have a 'right' to have the same amount of knowledge (however you want to define that), but what we are trying to say is: it's up to you how much you know; you learn by experiencing things, by interacting with other people and by reading. knowledge is NOT an intrinsic thing, it's acquired through life. All you have to do is to stop believing that other people 'just have' knowledge and just start learning the things you want to know about. Link to comment
cutiepie07 Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I am not sure what kind of knowledge you are referring to. Are you talking about common sense? like street smarts? If you want to be knowledgeable, make yourself knowledgeable. Start reading more, read up on topics you find interesting. There's no reason why you can't be mentally equal. But I don't know if this is something people are automatically born with. You learn as you go through life. I don't know if anyone has the answer to this question. Life is a continual learning process, we acquire new knowledge daily. Link to comment
sanadee Posted October 9, 2009 Author Share Posted October 9, 2009 nobody is saying that you can't be mentally equal, i.e. that you don't have a 'right' to have the same amount of knowledge (however you want to define that), but what we are trying to say is: it's up to you how much you know; you learn by experiencing things, by interacting with other people and by reading. knowledge is NOT an intrinsic thing, it's acquired through life. All you have to do is to stop believing that other people 'just have' knowledge and just start learning the things you want to know about. people do just have knowledge. why don't i? i am human like everybody else, or am i an alien? Link to comment
sanadee Posted October 9, 2009 Author Share Posted October 9, 2009 I am not sure what kind of knowledge you are referring to. Are you talking about common sense? like street smarts? If you want to be knowledgeable, make yourself knowledgeable. Start reading more, read up on topics you find interesting. There's no reason why you can't be mentally equal. But I don't know if this is something people are automatically born with. You learn as you go through life. I don't know if anyone has the answer to this question. Life is a continual learning process, we acquire new knowledge daily. i want the same mental conception as everybody else. i want the same common thinking about facts of life, reasoning and wisdom. Link to comment
greywolf Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 i want the same mental conception as everybody else. i want the same common thinking about facts of life, reasoning and wisdom. OP, everyone thinks differently and has different perceptions, and reasoning towards life. If we all thought the same then there wouldn't be so many disagreements in this world. Link to comment
penelope13 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 people do just have knowledge. That's where you are wrong: people don't just have knowledge. They all acquired it at a certain point Link to comment
sanadee Posted October 9, 2009 Author Share Posted October 9, 2009 That's where you are wrong: people don't just have knowledge. They all acquired it at a certain point how? people have knowledge, it just makes sense. Link to comment
penelope13 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 I know for a fact that I had to learn every single thing that I do know now. Some things I learned easily, some things I had to make huge efforts - but i wasn't born with any knowledge. Link to comment
sanadee Posted October 9, 2009 Author Share Posted October 9, 2009 i don't believe that. Link to comment
greywolf Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 i don't believe that. Why bother posting if you're not even going to listen to anybody's advice? If you choose to believe that the world is holding out on you, then it doesn't matter what anybody says. Also, a lot of people obtained knowledge through being open-minded and being willing to look at things through different viewpoints. Those are two things that I have yet to see from you. Link to comment
penelope13 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 i don't believe that. What possible reason could I have to lie to you????? Link to comment
sanadee Posted October 9, 2009 Author Share Posted October 9, 2009 Why bother posting if you're not even going to listen to anybody's advice? If you choose to believe that the world is holding out on you, then it doesn't matter what anybody says. Also, a lot of people obtained knowledge through being open-minded and being willing to look at things through different viewpoints. Those are two things that I have yet to see from you. how am i being closed-minded? Link to comment
penelope13 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 ^ because every suggestion that someone has how you could improve your knowledge, you shoot down Link to comment
sanadee Posted October 9, 2009 Author Share Posted October 9, 2009 i do seem to be unreceptive to new ideas, but I come accross that way here due to the fact nobody else reads for common knowledge in life. I think a lot of wisdom in life is picked up intuitively or by experience, and i don't seem able to pick up it. Everybody else knows that in life everything has a cost, but i only figured this out a month ago. and it's basic common sense, since in life you cannot have anything without expending something or giving something up. One doesn't need experience to figure this out. i sound negative, but being like this hurts me a lot. it makes people think i'm slow and stupid and turns people off me. i spend most of my time alone, and being seen as a fool who knows nothing is one of the major reasons why. You probably think this is a minor problem, but it means a lot to me. I would give anything to be mentally equal like everybody else. if i am mentally retarded, then OK, it would be a reason why. But i hate things like this. I realise I do sound negative, but why can't i be mentally equal? it hurts me so much. me being so doesn't hurt anybody else, or infringe on anybody else's life. Link to comment
greywolf Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 OP, why don't you give us a specific example of what you mean? Also, didn't you post a thread about this before? Link to comment
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