What is an idea? Do I truly know?

It is very difficult for me to pin-point exactly what a thought or idea is. The topic itself is truly never something that has crossed my mind. I doubt many people have ever taken the time, or even the opportunity to look at it from a more abstract perspective. Impressive scientists like Crick and Edelman have taken this topic far beyond the questions asked within our text. Inside their books and articles they delve deeper and deeper within the mind to discover how our thought process and emotions truly work. My personal opinion of what an idea actually is does not stretch quite as far as those scientists, but it is what I choose to believe.

I believe thoughts and ideas come to us not only from our own personal morals and ideals, but outside sources like school, family, and what we perceive from the media. We have the amazing ability to take what we see and hear through media outlets and turn it into our own opinions and ideas. In reality a thought is something our curiosity and sense of discovery makes us create in order to answer the questions the universe and those within it provide. While scientists and theorists choose to “pick apart” the brain in order to see why we think the things we do, I along with millions of others, just want to know why we are here and how to get through the difficult times in our lives. Instead of breaking down my emotions scientifically, I choose to just leave it up to the matters of my heart. I would much rather believe love, anger, and happiness are emotions to feel within.

In the end it is very difficult to break down exactly what an idea or thought is, because it for one is something I have not ever taken the time to truly ponder, along with the fact that there is no one definition to go by. I choose to use my thoughts and ideas in order to make sense of my own life and get through the day, as opposed to exploring the dark, depths of my mind that I will never understand. While I use the influences, ideas, and thoughts of others in order to answer more fundamental questions in my own life, I can create my own morals and ideas in order to become a more complete and well rounded person.