Friday, June 20, 2008

My Thought Process

How’s it?

I have come to the conclusion that it is important for my first post to essentially outline my view on viewpoints. This way whoever reads this (if anyone does at all) can get an idea of where I am coming from in possible future posts.

My most basic thought is that rarely in life is there only one answer to a question. Mathematics is one such exception of course, but there are not too many fields where there is only one answer to a question. Because of this I am a proponent of seeking (or at least willing to hear) a multitude of viewpoints on almost any question or topic. Essentially I believe two people can have opposing views, but still both be correct at some level with those views. I also think that in the world today people are not open to views that differ from their own; I find this to be quite problematic for many people who seem to get bogged down in useless heated arguments about some subject that does not have a concrete answer anyway. Plus, when two people (or possibly more) start yelling at each other, how often do any of their opinions change? I am not saying that everyone's opinion or argument necessarily has the same amount of support, but I would argue that there is a lack of willingness to even listen to varying opinions that may or may not be in line with your own thinking. All I am trying to say is that I wish that people would be more willing to entertain differing viewpoints. This outlook would help us all in understanding each other and the world around us.

Lastly these posts are just my viewpoint and that’s all I hope is taken away from this. Essentially, just imagine that "in my opinion" is at the beginning of almost every sentence I write. If you like reading my posts than fine, if you don’t that’s fine as well. I am not trying to tell anyone how to think, because that is about the last thing I would ever hope to do. I am not here to be pretentious. All I am here to do is offer up my view on a range of topics that I find are worth writing about and sharing my insight however big or small on those topics.

I figure that a majority (and by majority I mean everyone) of the people that are about to read this next sentence will think I am an idiot (and that's fine with me), but isn't it time for me to insert my lame send off?

I am Wesley Robinson and I approve this message.

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