DEBATE : Think about it...

[Gandalf]

Are you the thinker?

OR

Are you simply the product of someone elses thoughts?

[bridgetjones]

I believe i am the latter, i am very easily influenced unfortunetly, in many cases i dont have the confidence to act on my 'own' thoughts, i often doubt myself.
Not all my thoughts are from others, i can think for myself i think 'shall i go to the fridge?' and can follow up no problem

[mariata]

I like to think that I am a thinker as most of my thoughts come off as not the norm. I think that it's okay to adopt another person's thoughts so long as you really think about them yourself first. Blind conviction can be a dangerous thing.

[Gandalf]

Things in life are known to repeat themselves. Some people might feel that life is a lesson, or a study of some kind.
For example in my early days my family relocated, in the new location I slotted straight into things, it seemed like I knew the people there already, in fact it almost seemed like all the people I knew had moved too. This wasn't the case but each person had a 'strange' sameness to people in the old location?

Had I thought them into creation? to complete something with those kind of people?

Or had I been thought up, by the people in the new location?

I'm sure we all have stories of this kind, can anyone share?
It would fun and interesting.

[beams]

Once, my classmate told me she can;t quite figure out why I'm a Psychology major when almost all Chinese people she has met, were in business courses. Apparently, this is what most people think. When you're Chinese, you study business. I chose Psychology, despite what my parents wanted, because it's what I want to learn, it's what gave me a reason to be excited to go to university. It is because of this experience that I believe I am a thinker and not just a product of somebody else's thoughts. Of course I conform and adopt other people's beliefs, I am also influenced by their opinions but I always have the last say about my decisions.

[anirban3598]

well, i am both. When I don't know much about a particular thing I listen to others and then i think it for some time. I think it deep. And then I make a decision. Sometimes it takes a couple of days also to decide on a thing. Depends on how crucial the matter is.

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[Brandbla8]

Sometimes yes and sometimes no. It just depends on my mood. At times I do not want to use it.