I cannot teach anybody anything. I can
only make them think. ~Socrates
Ah, the wisdom of the ages.
Does it strike anyone as funny that Socrates, one of the greatest
minds of all time, said that he could not teach anyone-- only make
them think; while today, academics spend all of their time teaching
impressionable kids HOW TO THINK.
Socrates said, "To find yourself, think for yourself."
Like the Oracle at Delphi (Know thyself), Socrates believed that to truly understand yourself, you had to think for yourself.
At one time, the goal of schools was to teach students to think-- not how to think. The former is called learning. The latter is called indoctrination.
When I look around me, I see a world filled with conflict. I see a world of dichotomy. We have thousands of books filled with advice on how to make the most of life, how to find happiness. People read them with the thirst of a camel at an oasis, but, they don't digest them.
We have every convenience, every luxury, and people, everywhere, are taking anti-depressant drugs.
As if we cannot survive in a world of germs, we now have anti-bacterial soaps everywhere and staph-infection is a problem in innumerable hospitals. Why do we need anti-bacterial soap after inhabiting the Earth for centuries without it? Because we are told we NEED it. That's why. I DON'T WANT IT.
Socrates was right, he could not teach anyone. But now that nobody is teaching people to think, civilization is on the decline.
--Just for the record, no, I am not on medication.
Socrates said, "To find yourself, think for yourself."
Like the Oracle at Delphi (Know thyself), Socrates believed that to truly understand yourself, you had to think for yourself.
At one time, the goal of schools was to teach students to think-- not how to think. The former is called learning. The latter is called indoctrination.
When I look around me, I see a world filled with conflict. I see a world of dichotomy. We have thousands of books filled with advice on how to make the most of life, how to find happiness. People read them with the thirst of a camel at an oasis, but, they don't digest them.
We have every convenience, every luxury, and people, everywhere, are taking anti-depressant drugs.
As if we cannot survive in a world of germs, we now have anti-bacterial soaps everywhere and staph-infection is a problem in innumerable hospitals. Why do we need anti-bacterial soap after inhabiting the Earth for centuries without it? Because we are told we NEED it. That's why. I DON'T WANT IT.
Socrates was right, he could not teach anyone. But now that nobody is teaching people to think, civilization is on the decline.
--Just for the record, no, I am not on medication.
