This has led to some interesting situations; for example my tutors not talking to me at college. In my first week there, during a discussion with them about something or other, I started arguing for the opposite point of view from the one I started with - it seemed only fair and surely such exploration is the main point of college. They literally stormed off saying "You've changed your mind, it's pointless talking to you" . The next time I spoke to them was during my degree show, 3 years later!
We all live in our own worlds but there is enough common ground so that most of the time we rub along together well enough: if I see a chair I can put it to the use for which it was designed, as can most people.
Taking no notice of sage advice not to talk about religion or politics, I believe there is a God, there are many Gods and there is no God.
In my world there is no God, in my late Mother's world there was a God [probably British, with a long white beard and living in a cloud] and other people have Gods that are trees, or elephants or drugs.
So long as my space isn't squeezed too hard by other people's beliefs then that's fine. Problems arise of course, when someone tries to impose their world on yours, either deliberately, or it may be, accidentally. It amazes me that there aren't more conflicts.
I was always intrigued by one of the problems I had to grapple with for my 'A' level mathematics course.
If you have a circle of infinite diameter it is indistinguishable from a straight line.
I can accept that what might appear to be a straight line is actually a circle.
The world is a globe [well my world is, usually], yet when you look at the horizon at the seaside it's almost straight; infinity is obviously a bit bigger than our little planet, so you might be able to start to have some understanding of this paradoxical poser.
By the way to get some idea of what infinity means, get out your dartboard and a set of darts and stay there until you've scored 1,000,000. I've done it ,with a little help from some kids I was working with, and it takes ages. Infinity has a lot more zeros!
I am going to have a lie down now as my brain cell is beginning to throb..
(Poor tutors, I bet you were a cocky little b****r. Lo, TG Ed.)
OR
(The unimaginative b*****ds. Lo, TG Ed.)
