Again, I am doing this after midnight. *sigh*
One thing about BEDA is that I find myself planning what to blog about today, which is quite interesting. And then I actually sit down and start typing... and mysteriously my mind is blank. I distinctly remember thinking about what to write, but I don't remember _what_ I thought about.

Um. Good news today! A nerdfighter friend and I are going to be penpals! Good thing she lives in singapore too, or else postage would be expensive.

Yeah, yeah, we could even call each other and meet up and things, but isn't letter-writing a lovely idea? I would get to see her handwriting, for one. And it would make us think carefully about what to say before putting it on paper. It would also revive the ancient art of letter-writing. Since, you know, there already is skype, instant messaging, email, facebook, youtube etc. I could send her things, and use cute stationery! (that I will steal from my sister. I do not own any of that scented stuff.)

And zaielle (lovely name, that.) of BestWishesFromNL commented on my video in which I plugged them! Good thing that my next video planned will be a plugging one, so more famous people will comment. What can I say? I love sharing good music and awesome wrock fans with everyone. Even though on average my videos get about 30 views each.

I like meeting people on youtube! It makes me feel connected to the community and I feel more participative, and not just an observer. Maybe it's just human nature to want to connect with people whose interests you share. I like discussing things on the ning, because then I have the assurance that nerdfighters (i.e. people with brains) will be responding/ airing their thoughts and I won't have to read rubbish from flamers or people with nothing better to do.

Not that I don't welcome opposing viewpoints, mind. They are what make discussions interesting! But flamers (i.e. people without brains) do not contribute to the discussion. And there is this thing I learnt in philosophy last year that was about the importance of having dissenting opinions or a counterpoint, and all I remember is the dead dogma argument. *wikis* Ah ha. "Skepticism: a method of intellectual caution and suspended judgment." [oh people who know better please correct me]

So in short it is important to raise opposing points of view, because otherwise the issue won't be discussed at all (eg evolution) and the importance of the issue will be underrated. It is also important to question because otherwise the knowledge you know might be taken for granted and then you will not learn to be skeptical and raise your doubts and therefore become vulnerable to false information. (eg propaganda) Discussing the issue also helps you strengthen your arguments for the issue and helps you understand why you believed in that issue in the first place. (eg when people ask why I'm vegetarian/ When people ask others about the existence of God/ a higher power.)

I need to take a philo class in uni/ read more on it; there is so much I do not know! eg Skepticism is part of a larger idea called Certainty, which encompasses Epistemology (theory of knowledge), Agnosticism, Solipsism ("My mind is the only thing that I know exists.") and Justification, among others.

I hope YOU have an inquiring mind; heck, we all need one-- remember all the different takes on the presidential elections last year on CNN/ related networks? We need to be able to decide for ourselves what we think is right, and the media does not need to do the job for us.

[I am painfully aware that I started and ended this post on different tangents, but never you mind.]