Recently, I had the opportunity to meet a "nature activist". I heard how this person had been in remote areas in far away places, working for science and discovery on how to better the world...
I thought - Wow. This is my opportunity... I have so many questions. Through the years I had thought about just taking my degrees and leaving the big cities for a "greater cause". Working in and around the fundamentals of science on the very basic level, leading to new discoveries and knowledge. I never quite made that jump. I am not really sure why I didn't? But here was my chance to talk with someone who had actually taken that step... and maybe someone I could actually speak with as an equal, on my level... someone intelligent.
In several hours of discussion, I found out that this person studied in Great Britain and supposedly furthered their research education in Svalbard. I wanted to know what type of degree they held and what other type of students and doctorates actually functioned in their research group (such as archaeology, microbiology, marine biology, etc.). I even wanted to discuss the internship research in depth. So I asked what were the leading finds in regards to their research. I slowly began to realize that this person could not really come up with any answers, not even to back their own education. And I suppose instead of lying, talked their way around nothing. The conversation itself was very hard to follow, as an uneducated person would attempt to give context on any given subject. I guess it was difficult for them to suddenly meet someone who actually knows about what the other is talking circles in. Then it dawned on me this person was a "follower". Don't get me wrong, this person was very nice and obviously caught up in "saving the world" without a cause. Everything they thought they were doing for a cause was just a false.
I gathered the impression that this person was just a drifter, possibly searching for a cause, or better yet most likely just drifting through life. Not really certain of what they believed in or what they wanted out of life, but doing something that made them feel better about themselves. So that they think that they are actually contributing. And then they reap the praise of how wonderful their "work" is... Until, of course, they met me. I guess seeing right through the charade caught them off guard and then watching them stumble was a bit funny. I can not say that the person was intelligent and since I never got a direct answer on any "degrees" held, I can only assume that going to a university is a form of relation.
I feel like Darhma...
When her friend of great resources in lies visits from their last "Green Peace" venture...
To my disappointment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJDCMth8poM
(I Can Talk - Door Door Cinema Club)
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