Phenomenon

I spent last evening watching the movie "Phenomenon" for the first time. I have intended to watch this movie for many years, but I somehow forgot about the flick, and never bothered to rent it amidst the countless other blockbuster movies that I had been interested in watching. After watching the movie, I felt like I could identify with the show's main character. Let me explain:

John Travolta's character, George Malley, is your typical single male living in a small rural community somewhere in the United States. He has lived in this small town all his life, has a job at the local garage, tends to his garden, and spends the weekends with his friends at the local watering hole. On the evening of his 39th birthday, he witnesses a light from the sky, and then unexplainable things begin happening to him.

Now I don't want to give too much of the story away for those who have not seen the movie, so I would like to focus on Travolta's character. He begins to develop superhuman powers, first with a substantial increase in his memory, concentration, learning, logic and reasoning abilities. He soon discovers that he cannot sleep, and he begins reading three, four, then six books a day. He starts having incredible ideas for inventions; a methanol engine, advancements in organic farming, as well as solar power technologies. Things get even stranger, as he discovers that he has the ability to predict earthquakes, as well as moving objects telepathically. As the movie progresses we discover that George uses his superhuman abilities to help troubled people in his town, and he shares his epiphanies with his closest friends.

Now, don't get the idea that I have convinced myself that I have superhuman powers. I am not psychokinetic. I cannot predict the future, let alone earthquakes. Heck, I can't even predict the lottery, the weather, or the winner of the football game. But I consider myself intelligent, I often stay awake for long periods of the night thinking about things, trying to solve complex problems, and, like George Malley, I want to share my reasonings with others.

I have never taken an IQ test under the direct supervision of a psychologist, but I have taken many that have been featured on-line. The averages of my scores indicate that my IQ is somewhere between 130 and 160. If I achieved a similar score under the supervision of an accredited psychologist, that score would qualify me for MENSA. Whether or not I join the exclusive club for intellectuals is another matter altogether.

I often have so much clutter running through my brain that it is difficult to sort it all out. I often have epiphanies at the worst possible times -- when I am driving, at work, or somewhere where there is no paper available to write down my ideas. It is a big reason why I started this blog; so I could have an outlet for all these ideas that normally plague my consciousness. If these ideas are creating so much clutter in my head, the best thing I can do is get them out, and hopefully free some space up there.

Of course, writing these ideas is also conducive with sharing them with others. Certainly, I would like to see if others feel the same way I do about certain issues (these issues are of course, anything that comes to mind, and ends up being posted here). It is also meant to spread these ideas to others, who may have not considered an opposing point of view.

I would like to think my reasoning is largely based on perspective. You can't make a moral or ethical decision based on one side of the story. You must view all these issues form all the possible angles, and then try to deconstruct the problem to it's bare elements. Throwing out all the arbitrary variables in a problem is often the way to clearly see the root of an issue or problem.

Many problems aren't so simple. There are many manifesting in my skull that are unsolvable at this time. I might even add that there are problems out there that may never have a clear and logical solution. Some of these problems I would love to discuss, others I am rather afraid to discuss at the time being, largely due to their levels of subjectivity.

I should have studied philosophy in University -- but I wanted to have a real job once I graduated.