Last night I went downtown with a few friends for a couple drinks. It was nice and chill, nothing too extravagant...I was home by 1:30. I met a couple people, but the most interesting was a guy named Daniel who's a faculty member in the Philosophy department. Never met anyone in that field. Well, we ended up talking for about a good half hour, and I really enjoyed it as I like to hear peoples' viewpoints. During our whole conversation he made some interesting points, claims, and comments. I wish I had a pen and pad to jot down some stuff so I could think about it later, but unfortunately I had to rely on my on brain. Womp womp. lol I asked him how he would define philosophy, and from what I remember, he said it's the study of problems with knowledge, reality, reason, etc. In his field there is never a right or wrong solution or a "correct path" towards solving anything, as most things are never necessarily solved, and people have to be content with that in order to study philosophy. I have always had the need for concrete answers to things, but lately I don't really feel that as much, so I kinda understood. The coolest part was that he described his job as "doing a never-ending crossword puzzle." How cool is that?
A little bit further into the conversation, my ear picked up a word: infinite. A light bulb turned on in my head and I started asking him his thoughts on the concept of infinity. He said A LOT on the topic, which bothers me now because I can't remember a lot of it. The two main things I remember, though, are: the fact that infinity is mostly problematic if you choose to make it problematic, as it is not really an issue in the daily occurrences of life. And finally the last thing he said: we are finite beings with finite skills, but with infinite possibilities. PONDER THAT!
I'm off to do a workout with my cousin and show her the ropes on how to get a beach bod! lol
Then I have my last day of work at ABP, and my enormous family is coming into town! YES!
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