i am in the middle. not higher ,or lower, i am completely normal and there is nothing different or unique about me. i am a part of everything and there is no difference.
2006-09-02 07:13:53 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
i think i just might be today.. cuz i don't give a $h!t
2006-09-02 07:18:30 · update #1
sure, i'm a part of everything, but take that one part away and the whole is not the same.
2006-09-02 08:18:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What matters is relative, and depends on your perspective. In the big picture of things, none of us really matter, and our existence will be forgotten a few years after our death. But in the here & now, each one of us is of supreme importance, at least to ourselves if not our loved ones.
In the long run (centuries, millenia), our individual lives are meaningless. But again, in the here & now each life is important. We only go around once, so make the most of the time you've got. What meaning and purpose you create for your life is entirely up to you.
On the lighter side, it's been said that when Eisenhower was president and meeting with officials about education, he was shocked to learn that fully half of all Americans were below average! We can guess which side of the bell curve he was on....
2006-09-02 07:34:58 · answer #2 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about everyone is unique: no two people have the same fingerprints, for example; your genetic coding and DNA are yours alone; is there anyone else in the world who looks exactly like you (down to the last freckle)?
The norm is made up of things above and below it; it's an average. But that doesn't mean if you're normal that you're average!
2006-09-02 07:21:39 · answer #3 · answered by pat z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your thought is excellent. Indeed! All of us are part of everything, but you can be unique in your differences and it does not make you abnormal. Your philosophy is good and it shows humbleness. Each individual is unique and is on earth to learn and teach at the same time from inter-relations, experiences, and actions rather than words.
2006-09-02 07:28:18 · answer #4 · answered by montralia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I've often wondered what it might be like to be normal. I think I'd be bored.
Nonetheless, I often feel as thought I am a part of everything, a single essence. I'm pretty sure normal people don't get that too often...but then I can't be sure, never having been normal.
2006-09-02 17:32:41 · answer #5 · answered by rabid_scientist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I've had those moments, too. But, we are each of us also unique, DNA, fingerprints, etc as before-mentioned. Assuming that we are more than the sum of our parts, unique as they are, opens the mind, I believe, to the possiblity that you are, in fact, the only noteworthy genious in your life! Now, there's a thought! :)
2006-09-02 08:26:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No- Foucault pretty much ruined that possibility in thinking for me. If you'd like him to ruin it for you to, take a look at his book, "The Birth of the Prison." In this, he writes about how our ideas of normalcy are enforced by the institutions of which we're apart. After that your frustrations of "normalness" turn from singular self inspection to social critique. It has a certain contradictiory empowering/ imprisoning effect. Empowering in knowing we're all cell-mates and planning our escape, and imprisoning in knowing that we have serious tendencies to think inside the box and doubts as to if we can truly escape it.
2006-09-02 07:23:45 · answer #7 · answered by diasporas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The majority of the population are just average people. Even the president was a C student.
2006-09-02 07:21:16 · answer #8 · answered by diaryofamadblackman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing to do with the question, just picking up on:
"Even the president was a C student"
Wow!!! You guys must have very low standards in the States!!!
2006-09-02 08:33:51 · answer #9 · answered by anthonypaullloyd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. i avoid thought. you are just like everyone else and know we do not really matter if you look at the whole picture. we are just more fertilizer on a little rock in some obscure corner on the universe. and sh*t is all your really have to give.
2006-09-02 07:24:04 · answer #10 · answered by justnotright 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋