What causes complacency? How does one's mind grow old? How can smart people become decieved? The answer is simple. They quit asking why. A questioning mind is a healthy mind. I'm not talking about turning everything into conspiracies or becoming cynical. We should always have honest questions based in respect and awe. Never quit questioning. Never take anyone's word as gospel.
This is the reason I post and comment on blogs. The internet has opened things up for dialog, giving access to both like and unlike minded people. We don't have to send a letter by horse to correspond like those in the past, but we can in real time make comments and verify our information with others.
It is much easier to just comment on current events. Evoking passion keeps even simple minded subjects interesting. It is entertaining to debate using generalizations about things even when we don't know the real details.Passion based debate rather than logic isn't profitable for our minds. Ever notice how practices that were bad under one administration aren't worthy of mention when the preferred guy or party is in office? That is why I like discussing subjects according to principles and reason. A bit less excitement, but it builds a long term foundation of examination rather than accepting things blindly.
Curiosity is synonymous with youth. And every question answered should open the door for many more. This doesn't mean you can never know anything as the cynical anti-knowledge people say. It means that the more you know the more possibilities there are. New questions open up new directions in the same way that traveling reveals more roads to take. Are you up to it?
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