Why We Question Everything?

Ihsan Alnaneesh
ia955915@ohio.edu


Over a thousand years ago, Greek philosophers began to question things. A few centuries later, early scientists were lured into nature's captivating beauty. They too began to question things and formulate theses based on prior Greek ideologies and understandings. Results were evident, more questions were raised, and more results were born. The more the answers, the smoother the momentum. State-of-the-art technologies are born with these answers as society prospered. The work of these philosophers and scientists influenced the lives of many people and only proved that results come with questions. Simply accepting something as fact without scrutiny will only confine your thinking, so how do we learn to judge for ourselves and question what we hear?

This is altogether done by auditing our past thoughts on governmental issues, morals and science in general. Change has been turned out to be gainful and questioning brings change individuals' consciousness. Consider the medieval years, a period generally portrayed by obliviousness. A period, where individuals hugely swung to religion and no noteworthy strides were made to enhance humankind all in all. This all finished in the renaissance where individuals began addressing everything around them, from religion to the forces that be. It was not until that time that real revelations were made. Maps were being finished, the main trek far and wide was accomplished and an ever increasing number of researchers were creating hypotheses changing for the last time the way we see the world. This, would not have been managed without the individuals who set out to address what was then thought to be a well known fact. In this way, as I would like to think, truly, addressing everything is essential for the world and it is our ethical commitment as people to do so.

George Orwell once said, "but if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who and do know better."

What the vast majority neglect to acknowledge is that a considerable measure of what we do, realize, and effectively partake in society is altogether based off of predisposition and other people's impressions of what the world needs or how it ought to be. We purchase designer clothes and other material products since society has adapted us to believe that they are essential. We take in the content that we cover in the classroom since somebody believes that material is needed to be a well-balanced, educated person. We don't have the slightest idea about any better, and for this reason we trust any individual to provide us with accurate data that in the long run shapes how we live our lives. Think about what you were taught about Christopher Columbus in class, sometimes what we are taught or conditioned to accept is not generally the full truth, sometimes not even the truth at all.

To start to discover truth we have to free ourselves from bias and be open to new thoughts, particularly the ones that repudiate our own belief system. Every one of the thoughts and points of view that are conveyed to our consideration won't generally be truthful, however it is dependent upon you to decide so. We regularly overlook that it is so basic to address what we trust in. Addressing what we have faith in, or having another person do it, can achieve another viewpoint to the world that can everlastingly change the way you see it. To have knowledge, you must first obtain the truth.