Anonymous asked: Why should we, you, or anyone think?
Thinking is the core of who we are as a species.
We’re all born with some kind of curiosity— maybe not right away, but inevitably, and nonetheless. For example, just observe the inquisitive spirit of a child: always asking questions, always eager to learn more. On the other hand, I think that as we get older we tend to accept things more and think about them less.
If people were to just stop thinking or if we were to just start accepting information and knowledge without question or evidence, no matter how prevalent that information may be, we would be denying ourselves the very core of who we are and not to mention, the opportunity of a lifetime. The chance to truly understand AND appreciate ourselves, our world, and each other. The chance to discover NEW and breakthroughideas, concepts, knowledge, facts, or details. To solve problems with wisdom and good sense, rationality and logic.
We should think not just because we should, or not just about what others think we should. Thinking is as easy as breathing. We don’t need to think about breathing in order to breath; we just do. But, we shouldn’t just think about whatever, just so we are thinking. If we don’t understand what we are thinking, than how can we learn about what we don’t understand?
It is of the utmost importance that we don’t allow others to think for us, particularly when we don’t have or haven’t examined all of the [known] answers ourselves. Sure, someone could say, ‘the sky is blue’, but should we really just accept that as truth? There is so much more to this world than what meets the eye, or satisfies the mind.
I love this quote by unknown: “The true purpose of education should not be to fill the heads of the future generation with facts, it must be to teach them to think.”
Think about it.