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 name laurent dob 20121988 plays Mahjong studied Biomedical Engineering reads physics and philosophy loves boxing and tennis links Justine Xiaoping Meiqi Xuan Meihui Tracy Lina Xinyi Ting Melvin Jingmin Farhan Sherry Esther Bird Nicholas Nisa Weetong Shawn Jieshi TeckWee Lynn Baohui Reichmann Shuhada NinaKK Jeff Zaf Shairah Huda Shamim Hidayah Aini Ain Natasha Rozzy TAGBOARD [[ Tag ]] ARCHIVE September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 January 2010 February 2010 |
Saturday, August 16, 2008
 do you know it all? i have a friend,well actually not a friend, we just happened to share the same fate of having to study in the same class,LOL(k friend lar,let's not be so mean). the thing about this friend of mine.........he likes to boast, he likes to correct people, he likes to show others that he's right. i guess to him, there's nothing more satisfying than to show people he knows everything. he seems to really knows everything, everytime we talk about some random cock, he just seems to be able to give us a short lecture of it. from circuits to cooking, bubble tea to milo, qin shi huang to spartan(actually there's alot more, i just can't remember it since i don't really pay attention to his so called lectures) , i think there's nothing he would claim not knowing it. even when we are attending our random lessons, as we pose some random questions to each other, like a fairytale godmother, he would just pop out and then give us the answer be it right or wrong. to us, he's like the so called HUMAN WIKIPEDIA(that's a nice nick for him i guess) another friend of mine once asked us, is it so hard? is it really so hard for him to say i don't know?LOL! i wouldn't know about it. i think we should ask him next time. i mean IF you really don't know something, it's REALLY(trust me) REALLY REALLY okay with us, you DON'T have to say you know it when you don't, we won't hate you for not knowing something, we are all learners trying to learn and gain some knowledge from each other afterall. =) the great Socrates was seen as the wisest man on earth. anyway Socrates was the founding father of philosophy, he introduced many different thinking systems and views that we still use today. he started the whole logic thinking, eg. all bugs have six legs, fly has six legs, there fore a fly is a bug. anyway i don't know much about his stuffs, afterall his stuffs were not recorded down directly from him, it was recorded by his student, Plato who compiled his ideas into a book. anyway during that time, many people yearn to be the wisest of all, they seek the answer from the orcale of delphi, the oracle told them Socrates was the wisest, upon hearing that, they went on to confront Socrates. but Socrates told them that the oracle must be wrong since he claimed that he knows nothing, he doesn't possess any real wisdom. what the oracle meant was that, he who knows it all knows nothing and he who knows nothing knows it all. people who claimed that they know lots of things are people who don't know anything at all. while people who knows nothing, are wiser in a sense that at least they KNOW that they don't possess real wisdom. thus they are wiser.=) i am not trying to bring my friend down or what. i just find all this very interesting. so in the first place, why must people try to act that they know so much things in the first place. i mean is it for money?NO? is it for power?NO? is it just to show people that you are very smart?maybe yes? and if you did show to people that you are very smart? SO? what can you get? and will people think you are very smart? do you think people really think that you are very smart now? LOL! anyway i guess it gives you some confidence and personal comfort when people really thinks that you are smart, that's why we can't stop ourselves from trying to show others our capabilities, afterall we are only human.(like how i like to show off my soldering skills LOL) but maybe we should restrict ourselves. haha. anyway, for me i think that knowledge is very important, out of wealth, power and knowledge i will always choose knowledge. for me i would want to experience and learn as many things as possible, i want to get closer into seeking the ultimate and most fundamental question of everything. the truth and reasons for our very own existence. this is the question that started philosophy, sciences, mathematics and many more. each areas has its own ways of reaching out to the common truth in the end. knowledge is everything. so do you have it?do you know it all?hahahaha i hope this post is an interesting one=) -i will let you infuriate me until you are satisfied=) whack / 1:03 AM |
