Earlier, I asked my friends a question and things didn't go well. The question goes like this: If you're made to travel back in time and give your past self and advice, do you think your past self will believe you? One of them couldn't answer while another said that his past self will.
Thing is, the answer I'm looking for has a different meaning. The question I asked, in my intention, is like this, do you think your past self will be proud of what you are now? I told this to my friend with an answer, to this he got a mixed answer. He said his past self won't be too much proud of him but he still believe his past self will believe him. His explanation for the latter, it's he himself, so he knows who he is and that's why he'll believe in himself. Quite a messy explanation, don't you think? To shorten it, he has confidence in himself, both his past and his contemporary. That's a nice trait to have, by the way.
Alas, my follow up question comes. I asked him this, what if your future self, a person that is to your definition isn't doing good and you wouldn't want to be, he happens to be given a chance to also go back in time and talk to your right. He will give you advice to be like him. The question, will you believe and follow his advice? It's kind of sided thing but I don't know, I just want to know if the answer will be the same.
His answer changed to a no, though.
Now at this point, I wonder why I even asked the question. Won't it be clear that the answer will depend on the stature of the one giving the advice. Even I will answer no to my first question. Only people that can easily say yes to the answer will probably successful happy people and those who are confident enough to believe. These I know I am not.
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