Intro: Wisdom
Son, when I was a kid, my mom used to tell me,
“Rainy, nge ke na mayele ya classe, mais nge ke na mayele ya vie vé.”
“Rainy, oza na mayele ya classe, mais oza na mayele ya vie te.”
“Rainy, tu es intelligent à l’école, mais tu n’es pas intelligent dans la vraie vie.”
“Rainy, you are smart in school but not in real life.”
It used to hurt me, but she was right.
She meant, “you lack wisdom”
Son, I write to you so you can have wisdom.
I write to you so you can think.
I do not write about religion.
I will talk about philosophy.
If I wanted to talk to you about religion,
I would write another book.
I want you to check the ideas and discern if they are good or bad.
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Is wisdom just a dumbed-down version of religion? Maybe.
But if you end up non-religious, at least have wisdom.
Son, this is not science, this is philosophy
This is not religion, this is philosophy
These are ideas.
Be careful with scientists, some are arrogant
Be careful with religious people, some argue in bad faith
Be careful with skeptics, some lack wisdom
You should not be an extremist
You should not be a fundamentalist, you should not be a skeptic
You should argue in good faith
You should have the best ideas, you should not lack wisdom
Be careful with wisdom, not every wisdom comes from above
Do not trust my ideas, test everything I write
“It is more blessed to give than to receive”
