Tuesday 10 May 2016

THEORY OF VALUE

A theory becomes a good theory when it satisfies two requirements. It must accurately describe a large class of observations on the basis of a model that contains only a few arbitrary elements and it must make definite predictions about the results of future observations. The theory of value is holistic rather than a partial description of an abstract element whose end illusion. Value denotes the importance of an entity or its price or cost. From the perspective of contrasting elements, value gives rise to good and bad, bearing in mind that that the terms good and bad is relative to the value a thing or person possesses.
Not to take you too far into a world of fantasy, create a scene where you happen to sit before an interviewer and after he asks you for your name and qualifications, the next question you astonishingly hear is-what value do you have? The first intrinsic feeling you get can be inferred in just a single word-"lost". Thoughts start roaming the streets of your mind, some such as - what does he mean, I studied in the University of Ibadan and graduated with a first class degree, was the best graduating student with a cGPA of 6.9 and my english is so fluent... what else can be better than this? Hell no! You are so confused because there are surely a thousand things better than these. They are achievements and not value. In Nigeria where I come from, there are so many graduates with better achievements than you so why else should the interviewer employ you. If you follow me through, the best question any interviewer can ask is - why should I employ you? This simple sentence construction I tell you can't be replied with a corresponding analogous sentence construction. I hope you see the picture.
Like all other arts, the Science of Deduction and Analysis is one which can only be acquired by long and patient study nor is life long enough to allow any mortal to attain the highest possible perfection in it. Therefore, do not analyse value, thus accidentally analyzing my thoughts. Possess value. The more common something becomes, the more it loses its value. Therefore my definition of value isn't a rhetorical question - what do you have that others don't? My readers, do not analyze my definition either. Answer it

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