Thoughts on Insanity
Consider the following two tests for insanitee:
(1) Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result.
(2) Plug a sink, turn on the taps, and when the water is overflowing, ask the subject to clean it up. If they don’t first turn off the tap, they’re insane.
Okay, so where does that leave us?
Well, consider eating. We get hungry, and we eat. Then we get hungry again, and we eat. Then again we get hungry, and we eat. This cycle continues for our entire lives, yet never do we find a way to stop getting hungry in the first place.
Are we all insane?
December 8th, 2007 at 10:31 am
We would be insane only if we ate EXPECTING to NEVER be hungry again. Most of us know that we will eventually be hungry again, and that eating will satisfy that hunger for a short period of time. I know that personally I would not want to eat something that would stop me from getting hungry forever. Thank you for proving that, at least in this, I am NOT insane!
December 8th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Ah, very true - by the first definition we have to expect to never be hungry again to be classified as insane.
By the second definition, however, matters become somewhat less clear.
You say that you “would not want to eat something that would stop [you] from getting hungry forever.” Why is this?
Perhaps you enjoy food - the taste, the texture, and so forth. Perhaps you simply appreciate having an insistent reminder that you need sustenance (much like a fuel meter on a car).
Now, let’s see if I can change your mind.
Consider if we could create something (let’s say a food) that you could eat once, and it would nourish you for the rest of your life, remove the feeling of hunger, but not restrict you from eating anything you’d like.
Would that be enough?
or… you know… are you kway-zie?