Ever since our discussion Tuesday afternoon the topic of assumptions has repeatedly wandered in and out of my mind, and I have come to realize just how illogical life is. Day in and day out we live our lives off of one big series of assumptions. We spend our lives following other peoples rules, yet why do we assume their assumptions are right when we have seen continuous proof of such assumptions being proven wrong. In ancient times Plato claimed that our earth was the center of the solar system, and we just assumed this claim was true until Copernicus decided to go against this assumption and produced his own theory that the sun was the center of the atmosphere. Countless other examples just like this exist which show the power others' ideas have over us and the way our desire to be able to control our own lives leads us to assume they are true. So the question comes to mind, does the validity of a theory lie in its being true, or in our desire for it to be true. Really with enough effort any theory in this world can be disproved, we humans hold much more power over our lives than we can imagine or accept. Secretly we control our own world, if we want to we can say the world is flat, from a human perspective this earth is flat, or we can say it is round, in the fact that this world is fairly spherical. Now why does this concept lie so well concealed and hidden?
Anyone could say why, I just explained that, but I believe it is man’s lack of self esteem and pursuing of conformity which hides our power from us. We are afraid to go against our peers, and do not believe that despite our strong desire to control our own lives, we do not believe we can do so. We fear our real power and so we hide it, out of our own glimpses and wish for that which we really have. However one day we will realize the ambiguity of things, we will discover that with real effort we can do anything we want to.
Chase this is a very well written philosophical realization and call to action. I agree with you that we as humans have more power than we realize and also I definitely agree that we fear our real power. Although many people act like they want to make all the decisions in their lives, in reality they want to be told what to do. People like when someone provides them with structure and guidelines. Of course there are exceptions to this but like you said, when I look deeper into the actions and behaviors of those around me, I think that people like having things planned out for them.
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