[Aya-]

... or is that just my imagination?I've been thinking about this question since yesterday when myself and the boyfriend went out to a restaurant for dinner, and behind my boyfriend was a shower of older people, one of them very loud and curious as I was, I listened in on the conversation (they were largely philosophising on the human psyche). I then told my boyfriend that I thought the man simply wanted to be heard, no matter what he was saying; that he needed to feel as if he was intellectually superior. When we left, my boyfriend and the man ended up in the toilets next to each other and right enough the man continued to share his intellect with him; a complete stranger to him.Anyway, I feel as if people simply want to be heard more than that they actually want to understand the subject. Maybe it's just my imagination. I love to philosophise myself, but usually stick to subjects that I have at least some knowledge of.Good point, hsu_mi, but it was only an example. There are many other times when the only response to what I heard passed as "philosophising" was simple frowning...I know my mind often makes the strangest leaps, and usually even I don't know where I end up when I start philosophising so maybe I should look at myself first.I think I'll put it to the test tonight, in the local bar; see just how willing people are to philosophise and emphasise on their ideas of something and why.