Introduction of my own philosophy

I started this blog out of a friend's recommendation and boredom, since I've just finished my exams. As the title implies, the blog is about politics, philosophy & economics. I am no expert in these fields. I am merely an apprentice which is constantly trying to improve myself through further studies (undergraduates at the moment) and self-criticism. Feel free to share your views and comments with me.

Know that there is no room for sensitivity in this blog. Sensitivity is for the weak that can't defend their own position or views. I will point out facts that is ought to be pointed out with the exception of religious matters, in order not to be deemed sacrilege.

I don't believe in 'bias-free' either, as external knowledge is channeled through our mind. The different interpretation of different minds will provide different opinions and comments. And these different interpretation is the basis of conflicts, i.e. conflict of ideas. That means that we cannot express ourselves without involving a certain level of values (bias), but I will try my best to be as objective as possible.

I am currently taking my first year of BSc Economics. As I mentioned, I just finished my first year finals. In this one academic year, frankly speaking, the credit for the change of my way of thinking goes to my first year subject, Principles of Sociology. I hold great respect and much appreciation for my tutor and lecturer of Sociology.

So, what is a university? A place to gain more knowledge? A place to obtain a certificate to ease your job-seeking session? A manager of the taxation department in Pricewaterhouse Coopers once told me, the percentage of application of what he learned during his university life is ZERO. So, is this further studies within a university is merely a mean to get a certificate that can be discarded once a person secures an optimum job?

In conjunction with the issue above, my tutor of Sociology has pointed out a very interesting question. "If you are given a chance to take up doctorate , i.e. Ph.D but you are not allowed to use the Dr. title, or perhaps you are not given a certificate after your graduation, which means you take it up for the sake of knowledge itself, how many will actually take it nowadays?" Do not question the settings of the question, but dwell on the essence of the question. That's all i ask for.

To me, a university is not merely a place to gain knowledge nor to get a recognised certificate. It's the new way of thinking that is the fruit of the toil. Dumped into different situation, first we will listen to the issue and different ideas from our counterpart, critically analyse the issues/ideas and forming up professional opinions, comments or even solutions for the matter using knowledge at hands or those that we came across previously. That is what I strive to do and have been doing recently.

Meanwhile i would like to clarify the definition of professionalism. Professional doesn't entirely means exceptionally good or experienced in something, it also means the abililty of coming up with emotionally detached judgement of an issue at hand even if he or she is personally involved in it. Emotionally detached doesn't indicate an absence of feelings. Emotion clouds our judgement most of the time and would lead to poor judgement. Getting rid of emotions during the formation of ideas temporarily would provide a clearer and much more formidable judgement and thus provide a better solution for the issues or matters at hand.

I'm not sure if this is too much or too little for my first post. I would dwell on the mainstream of the blog itself in my coming posts unless things here need further clarification or debates. Feel free to comment, criticise or provide your opinions and views, but please do so with some level logicality. Enjoy the post :)