How to Comprehend Thoughts
Everything has an end. At least, we think it does.
Well, as a species, we assume it is supposed to end. Our true nature is to keep doing something until it ends. Think about a .gif. One that you can watch all day in an endless loop. That finishing point is what motivates us. Sometimes that in itself is also the reward. Other times the reward awaits us there along with a good feeling.
Let’s say we weren’t conceptually capable of understanding time. Well, we’d probably not spend 10 minutes watching something keep going only to realize the wasted time that we lost. We’d just keep watching it for eternity. That’s just how we think.
That’s what we’re supposed to think.
I guess that’s the problem with humans. We have to keep thinking. A thought can never really end, it just fades away into a simpler one, like needing to breath or walk. If we stopped thinking, we’d stop living. And yet, if we think too much, we also stop living. So where is that sweet spot?
One could argue it has something to do with what it is that we think about. Rather than looking at it based on difficulty (is it easy to comprehend or hard to comprehend?), look at it from a perspective of topic.
If one is trying to think hard about why a curtain is red or blue, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the subject is useful and a benefit to the human race. Meanwhile, if someone in casual conversation just comes up with the theory of relativity (look, it’s not impossible), just because it was dumbed down doesn’t mean it isn’t useful.
That’s not to say that there aren’t better environments for certain thoughts. Obviously one would rather think about their new girlfriend alone at home in bed or by the fire, not while being surrounded by white-coats in some lab in Ukraine. It’s just that one cannot be judged based on what they think or say.
“So what can they be judged by?” you might ask.
Well to that I must say that actions yield the judgement of someone. The best known example is lying. A human brain can say whatever the hell it wants.
When it comes to what actually happens, the lives and feelings of others come into hand. That’s where it really counts.
That’s where you draw the line.
That’s the sweet spot.
