"Minds are like parachutes: they are worth nothing while being closed, but once you open them, it can save your life"
I am not even 18 years old and I already feel like a 60 old lady. Lately, I have been noticing how hard it is for people to take off their glasses -the way they usually see everything, the world and their lives- and try a new pair. They will not get rid of their precious ideas after hours talking and making them realize they cannot defend their thinking. They are students of my age, most of them are studying the same subjects as me. Science, from Biology to Chemistry, counting as well Physics, Maths... And still, Phylosophy challenges them.
It is not hard. Some ideas are tougher to understand than others, but once you put yourself into the author's point of view... it is not hard. The difficulty is that my partners are closed into their minds. They have lived with those ideas for 17 years, and proving them wrong would mean they don't really get the point. They are afraid of being wrong, because they do not know how to actually learn. How cannot they doubt about everything if stuff they thought their whole lives where nothing but lies?
It is more comfortable to lie, to believe anything before accepting that you know nothing and be willing to be taught by your mistakes. Society goes to easy. That is why I look like an alien whenever I open my mouth.
Because I dare to think.
