Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Bertrand Russell on Clear Thinking

I think he has a hard time getting his point across simply because he is hard to understand. He does not use common language, he uses too much jargon and is not speaking to the layman. I think he is trying to say that if you are thinking clearly you will make better choices in life than if you are not thinking clearly. To think clearly you need to remove all distractions from your mind and your surroundings.

Distractions can be everything from problems with the people around you to noises and even to substance abuse problems. With these distractions you cannot stay focuses on what you are doing. This is very true of substance abuse. When someone is addicted to drugs they can get to a point where all they think about is drugs and they will not be able to make good choices and all the choices they do make will be made with the intention of getting more drugs. This then adds to the problem making it worse.

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