The document advocates questioning everything rather than accepting information at face value. It argues that people often accept "facts" without verification, when facts can be false. Children frequently ask questions even when they know the answers, demonstrating their intelligence in questioning what they're told. True learning comes from asking questions to gain understanding rather than settling for ignorance. The conclusion encourages beginning the process of questioning to find answers and insights.
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The document advocates questioning everything rather than accepting information at face value. It argues that people often accept "facts" without verification, when facts can be false. Children frequently ask questions even when they know the answers, demonstrating their intelligence in questioning what they're told. True learning comes from asking questions to gain understanding rather than settling for ignorance. The conclusion encourages beginning the process of questioning to find answers and insights.
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Question Everything
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers. - Voltaire
Most of us grow up nowing right from wrong so we never usually question things. !s right really right" and how sure are you that wrong is undoubtedly wrong# $e live in a world where we tae all the %andy %oated lies from the media" government and even our very homes and are for%ed into believing su%h preposterous things. &id you now that a fa%t does not have to be true# 'ou %an have a false fa%t. (et me e)plain" ! have a red pen" is it a fa%t that ! have a pen# 'es" it is a true fa%t however" it is a false fa%t that ! have a blue pen. *a%t is" ! have a pen" that+s a true fa%t. My point is" we have settled too mu%h for too little" taing things as we are told. ,ow blind %an one be to thin that ignoran%e is bliss # -illy...$e need to as more in order to learn more. .hildren tend to as a lot of questions some of whi%h they already now the answer to" they are the smart ones. 'ou see"/he s%ientist is not a person who gives the right answers" he+s one who ass the right questions. - .laude (evi--trauss. (earn to question everything" what you read" what you hear0 question authority. 1arents &2 32/ tea%h %hildren to question authority be%ause they are authoritative figures 4 !n essen%e" they do not want to undermine their own a%tions inside the household. 3o questions" no answers... no resear%h to be done# /his is the 5enesis of Q6E-/!23!35. (et us begin. -in%erely" 7one88 1.-" mu%h %redit is given to J.- in allowing me to have su%h beautiful inspiration. /han 'ou.
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