It seems to me that there is nothing called silliness. It is a matter of perception. Everything is serious and substantial, because every serious thing can become silly in changed contexts. Ptolemy’s concept of universe may appear ridiculous now, but there was a time when it was accepted by many intellects and hailed as an irreversible theory. Karl Marx famous dictum on change is relevant to be recalled. In life, man goes through a wide variety of choices. His argumentative instinct tends to weigh them on the basis of their employability in a given situation, assess the pros and cons, and extract the best one. Even if the choice happens to be a false step, he will be vigilant enough next time to avoid a fallacious choice. Things change because the quest for reason differs from one context to the other, one man to the other. Man’s life is in itself, a big quest for reason- to find why he is here, why couldn’t have he born in some other place and so on. The life becomes successful when he constantly fires himself with questions and finds the answers; he relates everything with logic but his decisions in life is also affected by the cultural, social and psychological factors. Logic essentially aids him in manipulating the future consequences of an action. Thus, calculating, recalculating and sometimes betrayed by situations, he attempts to solve the predicaments he confront and ultimately deciphers the meaning of life and his quests get satiated.
-dvy, 21 May 2011
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