So this may seem obvious to many, but it was a fairly big deal for me - to realise (actually, accept) that there are individuals who cannot be moved by reason and logic - be it on political issues or personal issues. I suppose I'd always viewed their imperviousness as having some limit, some breaking point, but I was forced to accept that I might be chasing the infinite here (Was it Einstein who said...?)
It's one thing to state this as I do, it has been completely another to reconcile to it as a fact and to learn to change my expectations and operations accordingly. You might say that this was (and still is in some ways) a shift in world-view that led to a existential crisis (pardon me for sounding like an angsty teenager). If reason is not supreme, then what is? How does one continue to interact with people if reason is not what connects us, and how does one operate knowing that reason cannot work, will not triumph (PS. Autocorrect just filled that as "trump" which, while not incorrect, is a step on the road to the place where irony goes to die. -End of rant- ---------------------------------------- Krishna Udayasankar, PhD. On Thu, 9 Jan 2020 at 12:02, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote: > > Like it says. What have you started or stopped believing in in 2019, and > why? > > Udhay > > -- > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
