Over-education, Idea Poisoning through reading, and ways to cope

I am sure most of you will not like what I write. I feel the need to write this because I know some of you won’t even read it. Based on the research we have been conducting on people for a long time, we see that “idea poisoning” is the biggest factor that leads a person to constantly justify themselves and distances them from the awareness of even their own mistakes. Often, we read too much and believe that by trying what we have learned in our past, it will fit into real life; but this belief often continues to poison us. Most of the time, we believe that what we do will work everywhere, but when it doesn’t, disappointment becomes the biggest factor surrounding us.

In life, everyone can think differently and try different things. This is normal. Even their experiences can provide them with a serious return. But these returns are temporary. They are just temporary measures taken to save the day. However, accepting a single truth as if it were the only one, trying to apply it everywhere, and forcing people into it is not correct behavior. Constantly trying to shape people according to one’s own tastes and ambitions for the sake of personal gain and trying to get something out of it only poisons the person themselves.

By nature, everyone can have different tastes, desires, and demands. Excluding a person just because they do not fit into society is to move away from that person’s ideas and thoughts. You may not like it, but if you can get even a “pinch” from their ideas, you will have added something to yourself. Do not perceive this as “using” them; after all, every person is an individual and has the right to life. Those who sever the right of others to live, exist, and communicate for the sake of their own interests, and exclude them from society, also poison society with their own toxicity.

The best way to move forward with this is what we always say: “Listening to the customer.” If you do not listen to and correctly understand the customer, communication will be of no benefit to anyone at the end of the day. If you do not understand, you cannot get anywhere in this life anyway. You just save the day and go your own way. At the end of the day, no one takes your ideas seriously. No matter how old or young you are, you first need to learn to listen to and understand people.

Ways to Cope and The Panacea:

• Practice Unlearning: When you acquire new information, ask yourself: “In which contexts does this information become invalid?”
• Understanding over Empathy: Listen not to agree, but to see their world. Every human is the “customer” of their own life and has the right to reject the wrong “idea products” offered to them.
• The Laboratory of Divergent Ideas: Learn to examine even the ideas that seem most contrary to you with the precision of a laboratory. This is not about accepting that idea; it is about respecting its right to exist and the possible “pinch” of benefit within it.

Conclusion: Excessive education does not make you superior; it only increases your responsibility. If what you know distances you from people and causes you to look down on them, that knowledge is no longer a tool for development, it is a weapon. And remember, every weapon eventually hurts its owner.