Blog post #3

One way of classifying personalities involves two different types, romantic and classical. A romantic is somebody who always follows their instincts, and typically favors honesty over fake politeness. Romantics are less likely to be adept at things that involve mechanical parts.  Someone with a classical personality on the other hand likes making decisions based upon training and experience, knowing that intuition and feelings can be irrational and misguided. They often see things as part of a whole.


I consider my personality type to be an even mix between classical and romantic. I'm classical in the way that I approach problems rationally, and see objects in terms of what they're comprised of. Instead of seeing a car as just a way to get around I think about all of the internal components that make it move.


I'm romantic in the way that I usually follow my instincts when making decisions rather than doing what I was taught or trained to do. I rarely favor politeness over honesty. I'm interested in things that defy rational explanation and I also think about things in terms of how they could be in an ideal world.


I agree with the narrator when he says that “both are valid ways of looking at the world although irreconcilable with each other.” In many ways classical and romantic views directly contradict each other, but neither will ever be proved right or wrong.