Same in my VA high school. And in hindsight I am forever grateful for my teacher. She taught us to question everything, especially authority. This was the late sixties so that was not an unheard of concept. These books formed a bedrock foundation of critical thinking in my mind, and prepared me for the radical free-enterprise college education that followed.
I had a great professor in college who would often ask us this question, on why we thought something, and would encourage us, "help me see what you see." He became my advisor, and looking back, I wish I had utilized him more.
I think part of my "why" on what I didn't buy the Covid narrative was that I know I don't know a lot of things, and yet, these public officials all seemed so certain of everything, which made me seek out why they thought what they thought, and it was mainly smoke and mirrors.
Good thinking. I think I will borrow the “help me see what you see” when I speak yo people I care about. I don’t just blurt out “why!?” It invites a response.
I wondered during Covid how so many became convinced. I began to think maybe I was wrong. I did the leg work and found that I wasn’t wrong.
The reason why the Asch experiment worked so well is it is human nature.
Try not to feel self-conscious when walking into a doctor's waiting room and be the only one not wearing a mask.
I waited outside a grocery store in June at night to see if someone, anyone walked inside not wearing a mask, and after fifteen minutes, I said f-it and walked in. I was mentally prepared to be turned away, and of course wasn't.
I felt the same way, and still do sometimes, waiting for that final bit of information that proves Covid was what it was. But I boldly open the links I am given and will go through them, only to be met with logical fallacies and ad hominem attacks.
Same. As a very young child, when I asked my Dad questions he couldn't answer on the spot - like why is the sky blue or who made God (that's a stumper), he would say, "because" and I would say, "because why."
Same in my VA high school. And in hindsight I am forever grateful for my teacher. She taught us to question everything, especially authority. This was the late sixties so that was not an unheard of concept. These books formed a bedrock foundation of critical thinking in my mind, and prepared me for the radical free-enterprise college education that followed.
Same except my Dad taught us to question everything. People get irate and irritated with me because I still ask “why”.
Why? (Couldn't resist)
Funny guy. I think he wanted us to think, not just accept. I know you didn’t request an answer but it fid get me thinking. 🤔
I had a great professor in college who would often ask us this question, on why we thought something, and would encourage us, "help me see what you see." He became my advisor, and looking back, I wish I had utilized him more.
I think part of my "why" on what I didn't buy the Covid narrative was that I know I don't know a lot of things, and yet, these public officials all seemed so certain of everything, which made me seek out why they thought what they thought, and it was mainly smoke and mirrors.
Good thinking. I think I will borrow the “help me see what you see” when I speak yo people I care about. I don’t just blurt out “why!?” It invites a response.
I wondered during Covid how so many became convinced. I began to think maybe I was wrong. I did the leg work and found that I wasn’t wrong.
The reason why the Asch experiment worked so well is it is human nature.
Try not to feel self-conscious when walking into a doctor's waiting room and be the only one not wearing a mask.
I waited outside a grocery store in June at night to see if someone, anyone walked inside not wearing a mask, and after fifteen minutes, I said f-it and walked in. I was mentally prepared to be turned away, and of course wasn't.
I felt the same way, and still do sometimes, waiting for that final bit of information that proves Covid was what it was. But I boldly open the links I am given and will go through them, only to be met with logical fallacies and ad hominem attacks.
I only ask why specifically to irritate or if possible cause a reflective pause. Because it seems the answer is always follow the money
I ask “why” because I want to know. Many times there is no answer. That generally irritates the person I asked “why”. Interesting : )
Same. As a very young child, when I asked my Dad questions he couldn't answer on the spot - like why is the sky blue or who made God (that's a stumper), he would say, "because" and I would say, "because why."
Because why, I love it