Theories

In our lifetime, we’ll come up with various theories about the world. Theories about people, human nature, the universe, etc. Even though we might not publish or share them, they will have more value to us than the ones we’ve read or learned elsewhere. 

The theories we’ve read or learned are stored in our mind, catalogued and retrieved as a sort of talking point whenever they’re discussed or mentioned. They can be useful when we need them to be, but we’re quick to put them aside when they don’t have application anymore.

The theories we’ve developed overtime are a combination of both experience and reasoning, and they stay with us because they have relevance to our everyday life, and in how we function in the world. Even though we’ve learned and heard a lot of interesting theories in our lifetime, we don’t channel them through our actions unless we’ve adopted them, accepted them as if they were our own.

There have been times when we’ve been captivated by a theory, took it for a grain of salt. But it’s questionable how long that theory will stay with us. If we truly care about its validity and usefulness, we have to think about it deeply, see how it plays out in reality, evaluate its strengths and weaknesses, and analyze it until we truly understand it. And once we do so, we’ll improve our own understanding of the world and know that no theory is perfect.