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this is you advertisements are
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constantly telling you what you need or
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how incomplete you are without those
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things algorithms feed you only what you
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already like leaving you in a bubble
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politicians keep reassuring you that
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their ideals are the best and how you
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should blindly support them if you want
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good things to happen to you this is the
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world we live in one of manipulation so
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deep we don't even notice when it
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happens we don't think for ourselves
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often it takes a lot of energy and you
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risk being disliked for thinking
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differently thinking for yourself is the
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most important thing in the age of
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information but many don't know how
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because nobody has taught them but this
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is not the brand new issue this is
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Socrates one of the if not the most
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famous philosopher in the world the man
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called the wisest man alive The Man Who
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challenged those in power without fear
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of imprisonment or death Socrates who
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had a large belly was small and stocky
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his head slowly balding his beard
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uncapped he who had bulging eyes and a
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flat turned up nose other Athenians made
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fun of his ugliness but he didn't care
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he wed Barefoot wore only one old coat
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and rarely washed himself he didn't
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drink or eat much but he liked a bit of
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wine every now and then anyhow a real
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role model for the kiddos who was
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Socrates really maybe we will never know
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we only know he existed because his
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student Plato wrote about him if you
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played Assassin's Creed Odyssey you know
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that in Socrates time a huge war broke
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out between Athens and Sparta the pelian
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war what you might not know is that
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Socrates fought in that war it said he
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was a Fearless Soldier incredibly gutsy
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even in the face of death still Athens
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lost the war the loss brought the end of
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the Athenian Golden Age and the Spartans
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replaced the democratic government with
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an oligarchy called the 30 Tigers oh no
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wait the 30 migrants the 30 migraines 30
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vibrants 30 hydrants 30 dormant 30
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dorats 30 Seconds to Mars lyrical genius
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Arc now over the 30 tyrants they ruled
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for only 8 months but they left Athens
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in crumbles and Corruption two factions
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formed after the fall of the 30 one in
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support of democracy another in support
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of the oligarchy but both were
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incredibly corrupt while the factions
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were fighting against each other
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Socrates never picked a side he
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criticized both governments he claimed
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that both sides just wanted
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gratification and appraisal for their
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policies but that neither really wanted
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the best for the people this made
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Socrates a very contr veral figure when
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Athens eventually rebuilt its democratic
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government Socrates was brought on trial
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for charges of impu and Corruption of
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the youth with his philosophy the
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majority voted for Socrates to be found
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guilty the thing is he could have fled
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Athens but he didn't he accepted his
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death so he checked the bottle of
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Hemlock poison like he did with bottles
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of wine the great thinkers of History
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are often called that because of the
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timelessness of their ideas Socrates
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2,500 Ye Old philosophy is still very
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relevant especially in the age of the
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internet if he were alive today he would
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probably have a heart attack immediately
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after arriving after seeing how people
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give away their brain cells to those who
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really don't care about them at all so
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here is how to think for yourself from
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the philosophy of Socrates Socrates is
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famous for saying he knew nothing okay
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but how is that possible was he an idiot
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a dummy Dum we all have biases it's a
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consequence of having likes and dislikes
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by claiming we know nothing we can
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protect ourselves against these biases
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so many people think they know so much
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it would be perfect if everyone
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recognize their ignorance so many Reddit
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service would be spared from useless
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Bible long discussions where both sides
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are like I'm right you're wrong and
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there's nothing you can do to change my
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mind nobody knows everything for sure
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not even scientists formed at Harvard
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and if you think you do then you're
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probably as knowledgeable as a fish with
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Alzheimer's after getting hit by a truck
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why is it on land not even it knows
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if we accepted that then instead of
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immediately replying with a death threat
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and a racial slur to an opinion we don't
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agree with we could instead just say I
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don't know enough to say anything about
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that it's important to admit your
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ignorance first before you speak not
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only to avoid a necessary conflict but
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also to be humble you don't want to join
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the freethinking mob of Reddit and
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Twitter do
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you when we listen to people talk we
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rarely question anything they say even
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if what what they are saying is wrong
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and stupid we will never know that
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though because we never question them
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Socrates questioned everything everyone
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said politicians doctors mathematicians
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experts and amators to do this Socrates
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created something we call the Socratic
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method the method is about asking a
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bunch of questions to understand what
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the person really means by their opinion
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avoid misunderstandings and expose
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contradictions you start by asking for a
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definition of the topic of discussion
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then you bring in arguments against the
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opinion of the other look out for any
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contradictions that can arise in the
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other's train of thought confusing maybe
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a little so here's an example yeah I
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don't think mental illness is real those
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who say they are mentally ill are just
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dramatizing normal aspects of Life help
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me understand you what do you mean by
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mentally ill mental illness is a name
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reserved only for those who have
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something in their heads that prevents
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them from living in a society or with
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themselves I feel over the last years
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people have started to call mental
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illness any minor inconvenience in their
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heads you just said you didn't think
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mental illness was real but now you just
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contradicted yourself by saying it does
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exist yeah but my point still stands
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mental illness should only be that which
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prevents you from living well all right
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I can see you draw a clear line between
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what is mental illness and what is not
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right let's find out what that line is
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would you consider anxiety and
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depression and mental illness no because
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depression is just sadness which
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everybody feels and anxiety is a natural
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Sur survival mechanism okay have you
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ever heard of the social isolation
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self-hatred and disdain for life that
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anxiety and depression can bring yeah I
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have wouldn't you say those behaviors
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make life in a society and with yourself
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extremely difficult yes so by your own
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definition anxiety and depression do
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fall into mental illness territory even
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though previously you said they didn't
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so what you have just proven here is
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that you have no idea what you're
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talking about Socrates not only did this
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to others but also to himself hoping to
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expose his own ignorance and approach
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the truth I have tried using the
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Socratic method in arguments and it
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works great once you start questioning
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the base of others beliefs you
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understand how little they actually know
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about a topic or how confused they were
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without knowing it if you want to use
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this though be prepared to be insulted
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as I have when you question the basis of
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other people's beliefs their entire
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belief system falls down people feel
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insecure by that and will think you are
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attacking them Socrates always spoke his
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mind even if it could lead him down a
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dangerous path imagine you are at your
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family's Christmas dinner your Uncle
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Terry says something that could have
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been taken straight out of musk's
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Twitter every year your family keeps
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quiet this option might be the safest
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Socrates however would say that you
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can't just shy away from confronting
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Uncle Terry you should use the Socratic
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method calmly and try to dissect your
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uncle's argument this can have really
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bad consequences for you you but
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Socrates would say that you still have
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to do it if you want to live a life true
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to yourself it's hard to speak up
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especially if you alone it's way easier
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if you join a group that thinks the same
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as you still you shouldn't blindly join
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them critique their beliefs if then you
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still like their ideas that's great but
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Socrates would probably tell you to
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still not join them picking sides is a
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huge step to just hand over your
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expression to the group I hope you can
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take home one thing or two from this I
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love the socr method I especially love
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it when people lose their minds because
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of it I then un sheath my snot fil Pig
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sounding hyena ask laugh at them as
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their brain melts and their opinions are
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shown to be based on nothing that is all
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I got bye
