I came across some pretty interesting articles lately and it got me thinking.  Basically it was outlining the fact that there were numerous similarities between a "genius" and a "nut case", to put it simply.

Now that mankind has progressed to such high levels of thinking, it has been the general opinion among some experts that the prognosis of the state of mind of some "loonies" in the past were probably wrong.  Or so they say.

Anyway it got me thinking.  What is right today may not be so tomorrow.  Does our mind deceive us?

Mankind has through the years argued about the theory of creation, about religion, about so many things...

And so, once again I ask myself this.  Can we trust what we see, hear, smell... as well as the rest of the senses that we possess?

Do I sound "confused"??  Not really, I'm just letting my "creative thinking" do its thing.

Let me give you a few examples to explain what I mean.  If we were told that we could be transported from one place to another across the sky before the invention of aeroplanes, we certainly wouldn't believe it.  Or that we were able to talk to our loved ones over a distance away before telephones were even heard of.  Or that one day we would be able to see moving pictures on the screen or in a box before movies or television was the norm.

But technology explained itself and proved to us that all this is possible.

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there's the subject of "GOD" or "THE CREATOR".  But don't get me started on religion.  Should we only believe what we can see?  Of course, the word "faith" comes to mind here.

Let's now turn to normal everyday stuff.  A good chef has to taste his/her cooking to know whether he/she is any good in his/her craft.  A singer can listen to his/her own voice to gauge if he/she is talented enough to make a living as a singer.  A writer may find out if he/she can make it in this field by the number of books he/she sells.  Well, thereabouts.  Of 'cos, sometimes "luck" does play a great deal in the scheme of things.

But how does a doctor, especially a surgeon go about his/her duty?  He/she may be able to diagnose an illness based on his/her medical studies.  But, he/she does not necessarily have to experience the symptoms, pain that accompanies each ailment.  And yet, we as patients "trust" the doctor's judgement completely.  Why is this so?  Well maybe some of us do seek a "second opinion" but that's another thing altogether.

What I'm trying to say here is that my mind is thinking that sometimes we don't only trust those senses of us that can prove to us about the existence of whatever it is that we're thinking of.  Sometimes, we rely on other senses that basically just depend on intuition, a gut feeling or a faith so strong which although is unexplainable is "felt" deeply, without a doubt.

Just wondering... let loose my "creative thinking", so to speak.