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"Why do we fall? So that we may rise again". This line from Nolan's  Batman series brings forward one of the major questions that we would like to answer once and for all. We often comment that we must learn from our mistakes. But I think that we must learn from the actions of everyone around us as well. Achievements and mistakes as well. Which brings me to the next thing which the movie brings to my mind. Fear. "Nothing is more fearful than fear itself". But what does it mean in the first place? I think it means that underlying amongst the hearth of our minds is the very fear to think.

We fear what we cannot comprehend. We fear a dragon more than a tiger, because we do not know how it behaves around us, as compared to a tiger. Humans, like every other animal around, wishes to have total control of the things around. Things which they can't control, they fear. That is the sole reason why for early man, thunder, fire, wind and the other such phenomena of elemental nature were literally gods. This is, why a necessity for a god to exist in a society. Because the things the common man can't explain, he likes to control by assigning it to god, thus regaining what he views as control.

So when a person is born who thinks differently, the fear of this unknown behavior seeps in and everyone around seeks to discredit him. However when somebody that the common people do revere accepts the newcomer, even praises him, then they still fear him and respect him out of this lack of understanding. This has happened a lot in history, when a leader emerged with different ideas than than the ordinary, he was opposed, accused, attacked, lynched even crucified. When later he was accepted, he was made a god who they still don't understand.

We see that terrorists around the world are punishing innocents for literally stupid reasons stating that they have wronged them. Isn't it a bit pitiful? Because I think that more than the people who suffered, the ones that deserve pity are most of the perpetrators, for they are prey to the manipulation of the few who lead them. Perhaps I will save this for later.

We say that when faced with a dilemma, we must follow our heart. What is it that the heart thinks (assuming it can)? If the brain thinks up of these two possible alternatives why can't it decide as it does when deciding between vanilla and chocolate ice cream? Emotions. We can't quantify emotions. But why can't we? Why is it so difficult to judge feelings? 

The answer lies in the fact that unlike material things, we have a difficulty in valuing feelings. In order to get around this problem we need to quantify emotions by using an appropriate unit. But we have to choose intelligently as this unit needs to be universal to all kind of feelings. I think that satisfaction (albeit in a broader sense) will be appropriate for most cases.

Now as we have allotted a variable to our immeasurable quantity, it is time to plug in our comparison equations. I must agree that doing this is the most difficult part; it is doing what is poetically known as "Weighing emotions", but we never learn until we try. To simplify it further, we must convert every other factor that we consider important into this new variable; money, time, comfort amongst others. Also important is the cumulative 'satisfaction ' of the people around us; our friends, family and the satisfaction their satisfaction gives us. after all this is taken care of, then we let algebra fall into place. And voila.

I know that what I described above comes about like a preaching, but trust me it is not. I will write about it in detail later. So long till then.......