Do you ever sit and listen to the conversations of others and wonder why they bother go on living? I know that sounds harsh, but the fact is that most people stand around talking about the humdrum, the boring, the irrelevant. We talk about boring stuff too, but we also like talking about science, philosophy, politics, and even religion. Thinking clearly about philosophy requires one to eliminate prejudices and start from a clean slate, and this means one has to examine some personal beliefs in a …