Levels of "Wisdom"

[Xayphon]

I'm not sure if this system only applies to real life and not both real life and the digital world. If it's concerned with real life, then I have to say I feel like Tier 1 is implying that one is actually able to respond to such a question in a given situation in terms of self-consciousness (which can be entirely different on the internet).

About 3 weeks ago, two guys at university, though they did not seem like properly registered students at all, walked towards me and confronted me with the question "Do you believe in God?" I was stunned by the fact they walked towards me without any hesitation and asked me that. I was having quite the trouble to decide what to do at first. "Should I answer them or not?" was my debate, and then I simply decided to take your Tier 1 route to avoid an open discussion about a topic that I simply did not feel comfortable with at that point. On my way home, sitting in the bus like every day, I couldn't stop thinking about that question. I seriously put myself in the spotlight and tried to answer that question only to myself, with all possible routes taken into consideration. Why should I believe in God? Of what use would it be to do so? What do I expect from God as a return if I were to believe in him? In which occurences did I feel like God was close to me? Does one actually have to know the Bible in order to be considered a religious? I was fascinated by the sheer range of directions this question denotes, and I felt bad for not answering these two guys properly. (To me they seemed to be 35-40 years old, in case it interests somebody)

Now would my behaviour still count as Tier 1 or would it be higher? What I'm trying to get across here is that "silent thinkers" are sub-consciously higher positioned in this system than they are able to rationally express in real life due to past events like social-isolation and bullying in my case. But in the digital world, where I would be willing to attempt to answer such a question if someone confronts me directly and expects an honest answer, obviously implying that the person who is asking me will listen and is aware of the fact that there also will be an unavoidable discussion, it is different. I don't feel any pressure, I know I have time to think, I know I can look up stuff in case I am unsure about the quality of certain arguments about something I barely touch at all. Of course some people still would go the Tier 1 route to avoid lengthy chat conversations, but I would not if the potential for a mannered discussion is there.

Typing this feels like I have two different "me's" acting differently and independently from each other, one on the internet and one in real life.. it makes me feel guilty lmao