Asking questions may be the most important aspect of discovery and critical thought.
Do you know that little voice in your head that says…
- Is that a coincidence?
- Could that be a pattern?
- Does that seem right or is something off?
- Is that really how it appears?
That is a good thing. If people didn’t ask these little questions, we would all be sheep. Nobody would question the conventional thought or the official story. If nobody asked these questions, everyone would think the sun revolves around the earth. Nobody would think a cigarette habit makes people ill. Everyone would think Oswald acted alone.
Some people will get on you for asking questions or wondering if there is a pattern to something. They will call you paranoid. Sure, there are some paranoid people out there. They believe that everything is a conspiracy. But that is not the vast majority of people. Let’s be real, sometimes two or more people get together to plot against others. This is called conspiring. So, yes, there are conspiracies. I do think some conspiracies are real and think others are not. In my opinion, people who think no conspiracies happen are much worse off than people who think some things are conspiracies.
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For most people, exploring ideas and asking questions is something that needs to be done more, not less.
- What if Albert Einstein never asked the thousands of far out questions?
- What if Isaac Newton never wondered about why the apple fell?
- What is scientists never questioned why we got sick? You might still be getting treated with leeches.
Think about it. Some people live their whole life and do not really understand the concept of money or where it comes from. They spend it, but don’t really get it. Some people never question anything.
- Why does the government have the right to ban certain foods?
- If police are here to protect and serve the citizens, why do police get to take photos us (and have cameras filming us all over the place), but we can’t take photos or film of police?
- Why do world “leaders” start wars they believe in, but never believe in them quite enough to fight or die in them?
Questions are good. Questions are what lead to discovery.
Ask the questions and follow them to the truth, whatever it may be. Asking the question doesn’t make you a “kook” or a person with a “conspiracy mentality”. It means you asked a question.
Believing your neighbor has created a sonic frequency device to slowly kill your goldfish…well, that means you are probably seriously stuck in conspiracy mode. Then again you may just have a really weird neighbor. But you won’t ever get closer to knowing what is real if you don’t ask questions.
For me, I’d rather live a life wondering and asking questions and having some people think I am not normal than live a life not questioning things or wondering and being considered normal.
How do you want to live? How do you want to think?
Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear. – Thomas Jefferson
Everybody got mixed feelings
About the function and the form
Everybody got to elevate from the norm…- N. Peart, RUSH
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. – Albert Einstein
To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science. – Albert Einstein
A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be. – Albert Einstein
There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men. – John Locke
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