ers. I think that the majority of people in the world are doers. These are people who go along doing this and that without ever trying to seek solutions to life’s unanswered questions. These type of people are happy knowing what they know. They are open to learning new things as they are brought to their attention through daily routines. These new things are always concrete and have definitive answers. They may ponder philosophical questions once in a while, but they don’t expand their thoughts.The people who know they have been tricked and want to figure out how, are those I would relate closely to scientific thinkers. These are people whose nagging question in life is how. How, how, how? They know there is an answer. They will go and see the magician again and again, observing his act from another perspective each time. These people are always curious, and live to find definitive answers. They believe there is an explainable reason for everything.In Sophie’s World, Alberto says that it may be better to compare the Universe to the white rabbit being pulled from the magician’s top hat. Some people live cuddled up on the rabbit’s fur, happy and content. Others, namely philosophers, crawl to the ends of the rabbit’s fur to look into the magician’s eyes. I think that philosophic minded people would react to the magician’s trick the same as a scientific mind. They both venture out on the end of the rabbit’s fur, one believes there are definitive answers, while one believes they will always be looking.Those who believe they know how the magic trick was performed and want to explain to others, I classify as extreme believers. They may have seen Magic’s Secrets Reveled, or read a book on magic tricks, or even be able to perform the trick themselves. These type of people do not know however, that how the learned that the trick was done, or how they do the trick is the s...
