For the past few years, I've been pondering the idea that everything is interconnected, and that everything can be explained by logic and reason. Therefore, I believe that everything can be resolved using logic and reason. As for arguments, I find them laughable, because as long as people share their valid points and exchange ideas with other viewpoints, these disputes can be resolved quite well.
However, as time went on, I found myself encountering more and more unreasonable people and situations around me, even though the reasons were obvious. I could never quite articulate them clearly; sometimes it was because I couldn't express myself properly, and sometimes the other person simply wouldn't listen. Eventually, I lost patience and started arguing.
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I believe that learning to understand and grasp the fundamental connections between things should be the first skill to be learned. This applies to both science and humanities subjects; it's an intrinsic need for problem-solving. Without this mindset, a person is like a knock-off device—no matter how powerful or talented, they will never be a truly intelligent machine. Because everything they acquire is imposed, lacking a central nervous system to manage these things, their speed of acquiring new knowledge will forever be slower than that of an intelligent machine. A mindset with a central nervous system, however, can quickly acquire new knowledge and expand its capabilities. Even if someone doesn't know much now, they will quickly learn what they want to learn in the near future. This explains why some people who don't seem to study very hard still get excellent grades, and similarly explains why some people who didn't do well in high school achieved success years later.
I've always felt that the 12 years of learning from elementary to high school are not very useful. The truth is, learning all that material is simply for getting good scores on the college entrance exam. So, as long as you're willing to spend the time, even if it's just rote memorization, you can get a high score. Educational experts have also recognized this problem, which is why they've proposed holistic education and guided education.
I believe that the earlier a person learns independent logic and rational analysis, the sooner they can grasp the intrinsic connections between things and establish a central nervous system, the easier it will be for them to achieve success and benefit from it for the rest of their life.
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