You're on my list

i have a list
of things i
like about
you

Tried to write a letter; In ink
I've got a piece of paper; But it's Empty

there isn't always a correlation between things, really.

Thursday, February 04, 2010

i was researching on david hume during gp today. didn't take much interest in it initially (well, this is our 3rd time tunnel. and no one really takes it seriously under the kim regime, so i guess the apathy was passed on from the previous year.) but hume isn't a simple character that we so often wave about in our essays, as we did for his more well-known counterparts like kant and benjamin franklin.

as a scottish philosopher, he had had a myriad of pretty well-formed ideas that shaped our world today. but what intrigued me was one of his less publicised theories: that of the problem of causation. when two events occur, people will tend to link them together, especially if one is able to draw some parallels between the two. be it location, time, personnel involved, or whatever, it's seems wired in our brains to dig out something to make a connection between these unrelated events. it's more like a need than a want. we just need to make that link to make us feel more at ease. it's weird but it's human nature.

because i'm in jc, and i'm reaching home tired and grumpy (which i am from a lack of sleep under any circumstances), so jc friends are a bad influence. because this guy is not attached and we are wearing the same shirt (for cca purposes), therefore we're a couple (wth.). because i'm in a relationship and i'm taking A levels this year, so i'm going to chuck my studies down the drain. like hello?

yes, it may seem second nature for us to make such links about people. i've to admit that i was guilty of that as well. but when you're involved, it appears to be more absurd than anything. and nothing offends us more deeply than a sweeping accusation slapped on your very character. so yea, think twice before you voice something out. it may be unintentional, but the effects maybe be scathing.

(i should include this in my journal? HAHA)

xinying ploughed through her empty list at 11:10 pm