tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23560503.post3417135042375011458..comments2009-05-18T18:44:22.612-06:00Comments on Spherical Chickens: Flat Heresy against IntellectualismLiz Busbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08505062751148555335noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23560503.post-33614517462030650242007-01-26T18:01:00.000-07:002007-01-26T18:01:00.000-07:00I really enjoyed reading this- I agree wholehearte...I really enjoyed reading this- I agree wholeheartedly. Intellectualism is a preference and surely not worth the ego-inflation we often allow ourselves. (Gotta stop judging the el-eds and MFHD majors just because they aren't in OChem.)<br /><br />I took a class from J. McConkie where he reminded us not to stress over having to know everything to obtain Godhood (which is the goal, right?) He mentioned that no one has a total mastery of biochemistry and physiology and yet we are pretty much all capable of reproducing, i.e. creating, a child. We do this with only minimal knowledge as to what the process actually entails. I've pondered on that point often. We study, and apparently it does us a bit of good on the other side, but . . . come on now. We'll never learn all that much in proportion to what remains to learn until we're in Stage 3 of life. <br /><br />That realization helped me tone down - my neuroscience/philosophy double major needed to no longer be about proving my IQ, but rather learning for the sake of enjoyment and potential employment. If both of those two weren't a factor, some reconsidering would be in order. I graduated in Dec MUCH less stressed about academia than when I started my degree 4.5 years ago.<br /><br />Sorry for the long comment. I enjoy your blog. . . haven't ever met you in real life but stumbled across this via cmac's blog and am glad I did. We've got some things in common, but you're better at elucidating those thoughts than I. Thanks.<br /><br />A fellow BYUitesarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473142454699297702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23560503.post-27513305908832837432007-01-24T08:28:00.000-07:002007-01-24T08:28:00.000-07:00*gak* I almost liked the lyrics of a Peter Brienho...*gak* I almost liked the lyrics of a Peter Brienholt song? *GAKGAKGAK* Disclaimer: this may have nothing to do really with your post btu I feel like commenting so deal with it!<br /><br />Anyway, dear sister, I am a tad confused but that is mostly because I have been questioning the whole educationg thing too. I mean, I like education, the idea of it (it is a delicate blossom, as Lady Bracknel would say ...) but I have yet to put it into practice with real vim. I care but not enough to do my homework. I want to do good, but not enough to get up off the couch and stop knitting for five minutes.<br /><br />I am no longer able to sit down and read a book for more than an hour before I get bored, even books I like. I feel like I am continually wasting my time, no matter what activity I am doing. I'm questioning even going back to school because I don't see what the point is anymore. What I want to learn about, I won't do for a job and what I could learn for a job, I won't like. <br /><br />I have this continual mindset that jobs are not supposed to be fun. They are supposed to fill the otherwise unoccupied hours between eating and sleeping. They are supposed to inspire production and inventiveness doing something you care nothing about. Awful isn't it?<br /><br />Liz, give me a call and talk to me because I have my educational goals on the brain twenty-four-seven and the only person who seems around to talk to is Dad and you know how much I love it when he talks to me about education and my future and being successful. Which is great because I want to be successful because if I am successful then I will at least have money which (sorry the Beatles) can buy me some love and comfort, if not all that I need.<br /><br />I think I may be morally corrupt and depleated. At least, I have no convictions about much of anything right now ...The Girl in the Other Roomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783700129282974826noreply@blogger.com