Dear Friend,
After stumbling upon someone's ask.fm responses, I realised how inadequate I am. I am terrible at writing, thinking, expressing my opinions, focusing, and managing my time. I realised how much time I have wasted in school, and how I absolutely did not maximise my breath of experiences in school. It has to do with my personality and insecurities, but obviously I should have made a stronger effort.
Yesterday was New Year's Eve and today is Chinese New Year. The Electron Shell converges and I am uncomfortable. I have grown used to being alone at home alone, so when there are people around me, I find it troublesome and tiring to maintain a conversation with the other electrons. The downspin electron is extremely poor at arguments and maintaining her flow of thought and articulation. That poor articulation has affected me too, and I am consciously trying to resist it. The upspin electron has a tendency to 说教, very bad pronunciation and a loud voice and attitude. This dismissive attitude is starting to affect me too, and I fear of the similarities between the upspin electron and I.
In this Electron Shell, no one has a real meaningful conversation with me. Both electrons don't treat me as their equal. I think that is the key factor. Both electrons think they will have some "advice" that they can impart on me. They will be too eager to interrupt as they are not good listeners. Since when did I begin seeing them as trivial and superficial electrons? (That is my honest perception of them right now, and I am only slightly ashamed of it)
People have the right to believe what they want to believe. That is a general statement that seems easily acceptable but is so problematic. In the most fundamental sense, a person's beliefs are never quite personal. My beliefs affect the way I interact with you. If I am a male chauvinist and you are a female, I will treat poorly. If I believe that there are inferior races, and those races should be eliminated or used as slaves, I may commit acts of brutality, which, under the moral sense not bound by the conditional "if", are immoral. This is a rather simple arguments. Beliefs impact your actions, and actions can be immoral. If one's actions are immoral, it is likely that they have immoral beliefs, and it is immoral to have immoral beliefs. Therefore, in a "civil" society, individuals should impose moral judgments over their beliefs. The problem is that these judgments are based on the moral value system they subscribe to. Thus, an individual's initial set of beliefs tend to restrict the future acquisition of beliefs. Of course, beliefs can be revoked. But the question is still resolved, to what extent do people have the right to believe what they want to believe.
I also believe that people should not believe things that are false, given that they have the information and intellectual capacity to see the truth. For example, it is obvious (to me at least), that horoscopes and zodiacs are poor indicators of personalities and simply exploit the corroboration fallacy. It is also obvious to me that global warming is not a hoax. That is why I felt extremely ashamed when the downspin electron believed in the magnetic disc nonsense.
So back to the original question. People do not have the right to believe what they want to believe when it concerns truth and morality. Truth, simply because it is important to the normal functioning and progress of society. As mankind's knowledge increases, so should our wisdom, we should not blindly accept things like "pop science wechat articles", and as sentient beings, validate the truth of statements we want to believe. Morality, because it is important to the normal functioning and progress of society. I believe in the unrationalisable stuff such as "kindness" and "love". (I will make more intelligent arguments next time, but a fairly good attempt this time I think.)
My hair will be shaved soon. I have never cared much about my hair, but this time it will have a symbolic meaning. "Disconnecting the new from the past" perhaps?
The notion of loneliness is most poignantly felt when there is physical proximity to another.
Regards,
The grumpy (for today only) Retard
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