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Originally Posted by Killconey
...Perhaps we should focus more on the fact that there is no absolute, 100% proveable truth and instead allow our instincts to guide us more. Perhaps we should cling to that which gives us pleasure instead of making virtues out of all forms of abstinance. Think less, feel more and not be afraid to act.
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The problem is, how do we balance thinking and instinct? Personally I don't view thinking and feeling as interchangeable; feeling provides goals (like "Everyone should have food and shelter") while thinking provides ways to accomplish goals (like "People can get more food and shelter by doing _____"). If all you do is think logically you are probably never going to come up with a
goal... you are just understanding how things work. On the other hand, if all you do is feel you might come up with plenty of great goals but in the end all you can do is say "Everything should be like this.. so umm, get to it or something".
Why does thinking get such a bad rap? I suspect that it stems from the collision of wishful thinking with reality. As Han Solo said "I don't know Princess, I can
imagine quite a bit!"; how you feel things should be is rarely practical. Thinking about the issue will lead to problems in implementation or fundamental conflicts with other goals, and sacrifices will need to be made for anything to actually be accomplished. The end result might be the best possible outcome, but because it falls short of the intellectual ideal the "thinking" is blamed for compromises.
In short, if you think less you will probably accomplish less; when you run out of things to think about then you can try feeling more. So far I think everyone has a surplus of feelings and much too little thinking to go around.