Posted by Adrift on June 21, 2006, at 22:02:16
In reply to Re: Please rephrase » gardenergirl, posted by Michael83 on June 21, 2006, at 21:10:15
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> Part of what I'm saying is that most people are intellectually lazy.>
> Most people care more about some game show (I'm using this as an example as something trivial, I know most people don't watch game shows on a regular basis) that's on at 8, than knowledge that may expand them intellectually or benefit them in some way.
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> I remember when I was in college (in 2002/2003) I swear I spent more time in the university library reading than in the classroom. I used to stay at that library until it closed at 9 or 10 at night. I'd walk up and down the isles of non fiction books (it was a university library so it was mostly all nonfiction) and just be fascinated with all the knowledge in those books. I mean really fascinated and exciting. I'd just be in awe at all the things there were to learn. I'd sit and read for hours and hours about everything. I read everything from history books, to philosophy, to science, to even real estate and other investment books, and classics like Walden or some of Mark Twain's books. I honestly remember saying to myself, "If there's a heaven, I'm sure it's a massive library."
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> Most of the time I wasn't able to finish any of the books I read because by the time I got well into a book, I was like a little dog who found better chew toy to play with and couldn't resist the temptation of another book that I had found. But you still learn a lot by just opening a book and randomly reading.
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> I always wondered, why aren't most (or even MORE) people like this?
The short answer, we are all differnet.
> Hardly no one reads, or even cares.
<But they sure watch those game shows by the millions. Yeah they're fun to watch sometimes, but I sure don't want to spend my life glued to them. I'd rather learn something important that will benefit me.
(I try to only read about important things.)Important to who? important to you? That's what's important! To me watching something funny is important, because it is something I really enjoy to help get my mind off things.
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> And even on the news, the most popular segments are the weather and sports. I couldn't possibly care less about grown men playing some game meant for children, or whether or not it will rain tomorrow (if it rains, it rains, nothing I can do about it.) I don't need a weather prediction, I'll find out the weather when it arrives.
>what is wrong with watching sports or even the weather?
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> I know it's not right judge people,
Maybe all it comes down to is, you would prefer to socialie with "intellectuals".
I try not to judge a book by it's cover. Or a TV by it's screen ;)
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