Saturday, October 27, 2007

What are you thinking? Its been awhile since I have been asked that question. I think I have the answer to that question, finally. The answer is nothing. When someone is talking, I try to listen to whatever they are saying, while at the same time trying to figure out what they are thinking. Furthermore, most of the time I do not think, I process. College really brings perspective to the fact that there are more questions than there are answers, but reciprocally there are far more answers than knowledge that you can absorb. It isn't possible to absorb all of the information I am presented with daily, all I am left with is lingering words and ideas that float around until they are used. I try to remember all of the important stuff, but in the end it takes several different passes over information before it is really knowledge, something that you can mentally build off of to create questions. This is all because there is no point in asking a question that has been answered already. Why reinvent the wheel when you can use the same research, add your own information and make metal spokes? Most of thinking is not what can be described in words anyway. The way that a problem is attacked, or simply metacognating through your consciousness is not a describable experience, unless we simplify it down to a form that is. End.

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