Losing Intelligence through Binary Judgements

Did Hardik Pandya & Natasa Stankovic get divorced? Weren’t Hardik & Natasa both tagged as a "green flag" couple during their engagement? Aren't we tagging them "red flag" now? The current generation has opinions on everything, knowledge on nothing, and expertise & insight on absolutely nothing. By the current generation, I mean all age groups addicted to social media, consuming it more than breakfast, lunch, and dinner combined.

But what is wrong with having opinions? Even Arjuna had an opinion on the battlefield. Durvasa Rishi also had opinions about situations to either bless or curse. International & national leaders also have opinions on things, and the world revolves around opinions. Hence, we should not shame the word itself. The problem lies in binary opinions, instant judgments, and assigning tags to people & events. The word binary means two, represented by 0 & 1 in the number system, i.e., other numbers are ignored. This makes sense for mathematical analysis & computing, but in real life, situational possibilities are always much more than what we perceive.

Arjuna’s opinion was based on knowledgeable deliberation, and more importantly, he was flexible to hear other points of view. The depth of that discussion gifted us the Gita. Can the current generation have even a fraction of that patience? Prove it by understanding one shloka of the Gita and come back to understand the issues with binary judgment.

We are too quick to jump to conclusions. Most of us have seen very few dimensions of Hardik Pandya and Natasa's life, yet we give opinions on their private lives as if we are experts in that field and pros in our own lives. Mentioning Natasa's name after Hardik in this discussion might actually attract criticism of the author being patriarchal, not feminist, hence this sentence itself tries to dispute that. Yes, the opinions are this superficial. When others point it out, it sounds laughable, but when we post on social media, we act as pseudo-intellectuals.

Successful people, in any field, are action-takers. They don't have time to circulate their opinions. Even if & when they express opinions, they are paid handsomely for doing so because it’s useful, knowledgeable information communicated in depth. Hence, opinion makers are actually losing the game of life.

One might argue, wouldn't forming opinions make us successful? Also, for the same topic, you are bashing social media users while writing on it yourself. Isn't that hypocrisy?

Well, I would humbly respond that the questions themselves are binary. Who said life has two variables with a proportional or anti relationship? Choosing one among two, where thousands are available, is short-sightedness. What's the hurry in your life that you need to complete your communication in shortened form (SMS) & place your intelligence (which you already have) in the shortest form of realizing life? Hover on, stay on a topic, go deep, analyze, read between the lines, and just do your work. Did you receive any award or reward for forming an opinion on who is bad (red flag) and who is good (green flag)? Did you get self-satisfaction? If yes, you are leading a sadistic life and need counselling. Suppose this divorce report is not true; think about how you were used by internet reports & social media. Would you then blame social media as bad? Stop this cycle of binary judgment now to have peace in life and progress. Do not opine on areas you do not have knowledge of. Else you become that paper cup tossed to & fro by anyone & everyone on a train or street. You are born human; do not let anyone pour tea/water/coffee/mud in that cup as you were not brought up as an opinion-cup.

About the hypocrisy part, no censorship is vouched for here to talk on any topic. The issue is forming opinions quickly without due diligence. Detailed writing-discussion-deliberation on any topic is most welcome because starting with any topic, the maximum depth leads to God.

Even if that personal life event of two strangers (yes, they are strangers; accept them as celebrity strangers, they don't know & care about your opinion) is true, what's in it for you? You clubbed a couple of good qualities and named that bundle a green flag. Do you have all those qualities on which you are judging people around you? Also, why didn't you pursue law if you have judgment on everything except yourself? A person not obedient to parents is disobedient; we all know this. A person talking bad about others in front of you will tell bad about you to other persons. Don't you know this already? That’s basics. You guys designed the red flag concept as per your convenience and termed obedience to parents as a red flag after marriage. To you soulmate is a person talking bad about other persons, who is not in your good book, in front of you as that matches your gossip mindset. While the former is a good quality in general and needs specifics to opine more, the latter is a loser friend discussing bad about people. You are what you hang out with, i.e., with whom and what topics of discussion occur in casual conversations.

You won't realize the impact of binary judgment now, but believe you me, those who do not subscribe to this mindset will be more successful & peaceful in the long run. Also, consider this: suppose at this point, God is running the most attractive blessing offer and would grant whatever people are primarily thinking. Let's call that Brahma Mahurat. Now, if you get gossips-opinions-opinion maker friends-superficial social media posts-surface level social media validations as blessings, and at Brahma Mahurat, Hardik Pandya gets the blessing of doing well in the World Cup & winning it, who is the loser-winner, green-red flag, intelligent-stupid now? Do answer because making binary opinions is your expertise with no utility.

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Please understand that swift opinions and judgments stem from the superficial layers of the brain. If you continue to neglect the deeper cognitive processes, your intellect will inevitably deteriorate. Consequently, challenging situations will no longer appear as opportunities, and self-reflection will become an exercise in futility.

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