I found a cool website this afternoon called wisdomology.com There, people pose a number of deep, meaningful, inspirational and thought-provoking questions and like-minded people attempt to answer or ponder them. I joined, thinking I may learn a thing or two. But it got me thinking of a few questions myself, and I’m curious what you think.
Can you know someone you’ve never met? Think about the way we meet people these days, all the virtual communications out there. I speak to 20 or more people a day over the phone at work, we share memories, personal problems, we laugh at inside jokes. Yeah, we do business too, but mostly we catch up, talk about our weekend, that stuff.
What about internet dating? Most of it is shallow and superficial, but is it possible to make a real connection with someone hundreds of miles away? What’s the likelihood that some people answer pointed questions honestly?
Is it safe to trust your gut? I do.
I have friends online all over the world, whom I never met, but if I ran into them on the street, I’d stop whatever I was doing, hug them, buy them a coffee and chat. Would you or would you prefer to stay anonymous?
I’ve been having these really great conversations lately and they make me wonder about what attracts people. Most people say it’s a physical attraction begins first, pheremones, a chemical thing. But take that out of the equation and all you have is information, knowledge, words, ideas. Can those things be just as powerful? More powerful?
Can you ever learn everything there is to know about a person? Or if you think you have, is that a sign that something is wrong? Shouldn’t we be constantly growing, changing, evolving … and shouldn’t that lead to new and different things to talk about all the time?
What does it mean to truly KNOW anyone?
How do we know that we know ourselves?
