According to the article, Wallace used a short story about an old fish asked two young fishes how is the water, but two young fishes asked back "What is water?" Which is also the title of this presentation. This short story gives us the main idea which is we usually cannot notice something that is most important and obvious. For example, we have an old saying in China and its meaning is we did not notice that we are happy when we are having a good time. I believe this is approximately same meaning with this short story.
After telling the story, Wallace talked about the capacity to think. He told a new story to illustrate an idea which is people can have different thinking based on same experience. This told us to be a little less arrogant and do not have blind certainty. Actually, this idea is very useful in our daily life. We need to be a little bit critical about ourselves. We should not be stubborn, and we should question our thoughts. This idea can make us think broader and deeper. Moreover, how to exercise control over our thinking is even more important form Wallace's presentation.
All in all, I believe Wallace's speech is very useful for us-university students both in our daily life and academic life. How to think is an important capacity for us.
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