2007-02-08 14:27:51 · 10 answers · asked by martin h 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I don't think about things, but do everything my own way. It's pretty awesome.
2007-02-08 14:31:20 · answer #1 · answered by Lefty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny you ask that and have a pirate for your little picture.
And it's funny that you ask that in a Philosophy category...'don't think.'
It depends on what you find more exhausting: thinking, or manual labor. Look at the horse, Boxer, in "Animal Farm." If you don't think, you'll be doing lots of manual labor and stuff you probably don't find fun. Of course, if you aren't thinking, then you aren't thinking that it isn't fun. You'll live a short, menial life. Once your work is done, or you are unfit to do it, then you'll be dispensed with and someone will replace you.
But if you think, you can think of ways out of the stuff people tell you to do. You can do stuff that excites you. You can do what you want, within reason.
Tell you what, go work a job in retail. You'll see that thinking is much better than mindless labor.
2007-02-08 17:01:38 · answer #2 · answered by fuzzinutzz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignorance is bliss, but "the un-examined life is not worth living." (Which philosopher said that, anyway?) I think that knowledge is both a gift and a curse, but either way it should still be explored. If you're going to neglect your intellect, you might as well have been born a cockroach. I'm sure there are some creatures on earth humans, and non humans alike, who would love to have the ability to learn, grow, and explore everything that life has to offer, but can not for one reason or another. So I think it would be a slap in creation's face, for a person who is blessed with the ability to expand his or her mind and grow mentally and spiritually, not to take full advantage of their potential.
2007-02-08 14:46:59 · answer #3 · answered by Sugarbaby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
life would definately be more easier but also more pointless. With everyone being told what to do, no one would ever think up new ideas or technologies and we'd all have the fun and excitment sucked right out of us. Our brains were ment to be used and so I think that we should use them. What if someone told you to think? would you do it even though you don't want to?
2007-02-08 14:39:45 · answer #4 · answered by this is me! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daoists believe that 'doing nothing' helps find enlightenment i.e. don't clutter your mind up with irrelevancies.
I certainly do not advocate doing just what others tell you to do. We all have to 'behave' within the parameters of a moral, legal code of conduct but this is a fairly broad 'playing field' in which one can discover many things, about themselves, without blindly pursuing the same path others' have taken
2007-02-08 15:29:29 · answer #5 · answered by jaidii_lok 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignorance is bliss. I think about that all the time and wish I could acheive ignorance. In response to your question, I don't think that not thinking for yourself makes life easier. I do think it probably makes it less stressful and less aware of what you are missing out on.
2007-02-08 14:36:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's easy to be a robot...not thinking, not caring, not having any expression of desire,no opinions, --- but, in another sense is it easier? To do what you are told you must follow others' rules. What happens if you can't do what others' tell you to do? Then, it becomes a tedious chore.
Free will and free thinking for me, Please.
2007-02-08 14:42:54 · answer #7 · answered by missellie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends on your age and maturity level. It isn't easy to just go with the wind when you want to make your own life work for yourself.
2007-02-08 14:57:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easier: Yes.
A million other things: NO.
2007-02-08 14:32:23 · answer #9 · answered by gimpalomg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes... you should listen to people with good moral values like your parents only because they love you..
2007-02-08 14:54:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋