Daily Aphorism

[unixronin]

#2

Theorem:  If life doesn't confuse you, then you're missing 90% of it.

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Note that one might infer a corollary from this that if life does confuse you, then you're not missing stuff.  That corollary would of course be false.

Again, there's a strong personal aspect to this one.  I first wrote this down somewhere around about 10-12 years before finally being diagnosed with Asperger's.  Yes, any part of life that had anything to do with people confused the living hell out of me.  Much of it still does; but at least now, I have a better understanding of why.

Understanding is something that you acquire over time.  Unfortunately, sometimes all you actually acquire is a better understanding of why you don't understand.

Comments

[ithildae]

What if you don't know that you are missing things, and are still confused?

[unixronin]

Ah, grasshopper. Not even the Tao knows all. :)

[glitch25.livejournal.com]

*Smiles* I like that one.

And if I may add it to my own book, I think your last line counts as one unto itself as well.

"Understanding is something that you acquire over time. Unfortunately, sometimes all you actually acquire is a better understanding of why you don't understand."

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that as I wrote it, actually.