Hierarchical Enjoyment
(NOTE: You have to forgive my odd sense of humor but this thread occurred to me as a very weak prank to pull on our ID forums. For those of you who don't get it, don't worry, this is not just a prank but a fully functional ID thread complete with an interactive debate. Please read on and join in...)
Enjoyment is a strange phenomenon in the human mind. To be sure, there is it's chemical and biological form and function. It's purpose and various mundane explanations. I specifically want all of that avoided in this thread, if possible. That's not to say it doesn't have it's place in the topic, but more to say the topic can exist without it and is more clear, without it. Please also keep in mind that this thread is speculative in nature and does not deal in absolutes.
A good way to broach the subject is to present the direct question: "Who enjoys life more, the educated man or the ignorant man?"
Par exemple: The educated man browsing in an art gallery spies Salvadore's The Persistence of Memory. Observing the use of symbolism and imagery, he laughs to himself about the irony of time defined by memory as being linear and how it is perceived as universally constant, when time is relative. A man with no previous knowledge of such things also sees the painting and laughs to himself at the absurdity of soft pocket watches and the general air of surrealism surrounding the painting. Another example: a man who can pick apart every different note of a fifty-year old vintage wine, appreciate it's bouquet and color, does he enjoy it more than a man with no palate who simply likes wine?
Of these two men, of the educated man and the ignorant man... Who enjoys himself more? Such things I'd like you to take into account would be, for instance, that the educated man can catch many jokes that far exceed the understanding of the ignorant man. He has more access to cerebral media and understands many subtitles that forgo the ignorant man. The ignorant man may be easily amused and his sense of enjoyment easier to gratify due to it's non-biased nature. Many people have said that increasing your knowledge is tantamount to increasing your sorrow. That too would likewise affect the standings?
What is your opinion?
-Sin
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