It depends...

Its really getting on my nerves, maybe no longer 'getting on' but rather IN my nerves. What has education done? As we become more an more intelligent, we become less and less able to tell right from wrong.

I thought this was just a problem in a few individuals but now it seems my view takes the minority role. Everytime i ask a question the answer i get is "It depends..." or "It is relative...". Just yesterday over dinner, i asked if guys prefer going out with guys or girls. Well guess what? the reply is "It depends.."! My friend said if the particular guy had bad experiences with girls than they may prefer hanging out with guys. Well, i definitely can't say he is wrong but wouldn't you give a definite answer that is generally the case? Like for this case guys.

This statement "It is easier for lighter guys to do pull ups than heavier guys" was strongly disagreed (such word?) upon by my cousin. He says "No, its equal, provided they have the same muscle composition by % mass". Well, i dont know if that is right or wrong BUT generally isnt it not that likely that they have the same muscle composition? I mean we are subjected to the same environment of lifting the same stuff (pencil, books, tables, basketball, whatever) hence our muscle in the natural environment is such that we can withstand about the same amount of weight for all individual HENCE if you're lighter you'll have less to make up for and easier time pulling yourself up? I dont know about you but i think this is more true generally but why do people like to argue with those "special" exceptional cases?

The most recent post on Andrew's blog talked about MLM "exploiting" the people or something. Andrew's comment on my comment was that we have opposing viewpoints because we are taking different perspectives on the same issue. I beg to differ! Rather, it feels more like we were talking about different issues altogether! Making money is one of the fundamental objective of ALL human beings, that is because you need money for everything in the world. Don't tell me cliche stuff like "No, you can buy love without money!". Yes you may, but chances are you can't. We've seen too many cases of families breaking up because of the lack of money. There is no wrong in having money as an objective and no wrong providing what the market wants. "Exploit" you may say but it fulfills the consumers, still win-win, so where the "exploitation" ? Although of course i still do agree with Andrew that the social consequence is bad, it sure doesn't seem to me that most rich people do bad things with money. And yes, as the old saying goes, its not the beginning or the end but the process that is of the essence and hence if the way you think is wrong (like donating to obtain fame) than its wrong. Overall, this has nothing to do with Economics, Business nor Psychology.

I've always been judged for being too extreme in viewpoint or jumping into conclusion, but aren't things black or white? The region of grey seems to be extending outwards to the whole spectrum and eventually will swallow it whole. When wrong can be justified to be right and right can be framed to be wrong, how do you distinguish right from wrong? Well, it depends...

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