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Had a great talk with one of my best friend around. It was a very discerning and fulfilling chat. We were initially crapping away until i pop up this question.

" Thinkers, be it those from different countries or those living in different time, are always the most troubled soul around. Why then do people yearn for wisdom and intelligence? Isn't ignorance better?"

This is his reply.

"Thinker sees what other people cannot see, that is why they think a lot. In life, intervention (be it physical or mere observation and thoughts) will result in change. But, most thing in life are trivial things, so intervention will only produce a small, insignificant overall effect. If that is the case, we should not interfere by thinking about it excessively in the first place. Selective ignorance requires wisdom as well."

I try to phrase it in a better way (By adding the appropriate premises and show the causality clearer), but the gist of what he said is still contained within.

Anyway, i am quite amazed i still having forget about my A Level Organic chemistry. Few days ago, when i was in camp, there was this fren of mine, that asked me some questions. Cannot believe i still can explain nucleophilic substituion and electrophilic addition blah blah to him. Organic chem is the worst subject that i hope i will never touch it again. My perennial favourite topics in chemistry is still atomic chemistry and quantum chemistry! Yeap.... more interesting and less memory- intensive.

Adios!