Do you believe morality to be relative, or do you hold most people accountable to the same set of principles in your mind? I hold everyone accountable to the same set of principles in my mind, but I try to acknowledge that what is right for me might not be for everyone else, if that makes any sense? Basically I think my set of principles is right, obviously, but I also think it's none of my business to tell other people what is right for them. So while I'll silently disagree with their actions/choices/opinions I won't try to change them or tell them how to live their lives. For example I talked about my dislike for networking above. So if a friend were to use connections to score a great work deal I would still think that working for it is the "better" way, but I wouldn't expect them to see it the same way. Let me know if that is not making any sense, I have a hard timing putting it into words properly.
Would you say in general that you are more excited to learn cold hard facts, or openly ponder questions that have yet to be answered? Hm, that is hard one. I hated having to learn about history because it's nothing but cold hard facts, and I never saw any kind of merit or fascination in it. On the other hand one of my favourite things about math is that it's the only discipline where there is universal truth, and that you can prove things once and for all and deal with proven facts that way, instead of lofty ideas and theories. But then again every bit of progress has to start with questions yet to be answered. If everyone just dealed in facts we wouldn't be where we are now, and there is something inherently exciting about progress and new inventions and such. I guess when it comes down to it I am better suited and more likely to enjoy facts, though. Luna's snorkack theories just had me scratching my head and I wouldn't get anything out of that. ;)
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I hold everyone accountable to the same set of principles in my mind, but I try to acknowledge that what is right for me might not be for everyone else, if that makes any sense? Basically I think my set of principles is right, obviously, but I also think it's none of my business to tell other people what is right for them. So while I'll silently disagree with their actions/choices/opinions I won't try to change them or tell them how to live their lives.
For example I talked about my dislike for networking above. So if a friend were to use connections to score a great work deal I would still think that working for it is the "better" way, but I wouldn't expect them to see it the same way.
Let me know if that is not making any sense, I have a hard timing putting it into words properly.
Would you say in general that you are more excited to learn cold hard facts, or openly ponder questions that have yet to be answered?
Hm, that is hard one. I hated having to learn about history because it's nothing but cold hard facts, and I never saw any kind of merit or fascination in it. On the other hand one of my favourite things about math is that it's the only discipline where there is universal truth, and that you can prove things once and for all and deal with proven facts that way, instead of lofty ideas and theories.
But then again every bit of progress has to start with questions yet to be answered. If everyone just dealed in facts we wouldn't be where we are now, and there is something inherently exciting about progress and new inventions and such.
I guess when it comes down to it I am better suited and more likely to enjoy facts, though. Luna's snorkack theories just had me scratching my head and I wouldn't get anything out of that. ;)