And the question is...

[coberst]

And the question is

 

When schooling is over the citizen who wishes to reach beyond naive common sense reality must develop the ability to generate questions. Questions result from a critical self-conscious intellect and depend upon the priorities of that intellect. Formal education has always furnished the learner with a question for consideration. The question asked determines the knowledge achieved and the understanding created.

 

The self-actuated learner must develop the ability to create questions. We have never before given any thought to questions; but now, if we wish to take a journey of discover, we must learn the most important aspect of any educational process. We must create questions that will guide our travels. We can no longer depend upon education by coercion to guide us; we have the opportunity to develop education driven by the ‘ecstasy of understanding’.

 

 

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

--Voltaire (1694-1778)

[InfiniteNow]

If one is blissful in their ignorance, and their questions are dormant, are they not still a traveller like yourself, simply on a different path?

[coberst]

If one is blissful in their ignorance, and their questions are dormant, are they not still a traveller like yourself, simply on a different path?

 

You might be correct.

[InfiniteNow]

Might be correct, eh? What, good sir, would make it false?

 

Actually, scratch that. I was asking if you agreed or not...

[coberst]

Might be correct, eh? What, good sir, would make it false?

 

Actually, scratch that. I was asking if you agreed or not...

 

 

I am not an advocate of "ignorance is bliss". I think that one can easily argue that the individual who is ignorant of reality can more easily find contentment than can a person who seeks to comprehend reality. But I think that one can easily argue that, in the long run, such contentment will generally demand a high price.

 

All of us are ignorant of almost everything but the more things about which we are knowledgeable the better we can comprehend the rules of the game.

 

Richard Feynman, world famous theoretical physicist and professor, gave to his students the following description of what physics is all about.

 

“We can imagine that this complicated array of moving things which constitutes “the world” is something like a great chess game being played by the gods, and we are observers of the game. We do not know what the rules of the game are; all we are allowed to do is to watch the playing. Of course, if we watch long enough, we may eventually catch on to a few of the rules. The rules of the game are what we mean by fundamental physics. Even if we know every rule, however…what we really can explain in terms of those rules is very limited, because almost all situations are so enormously complicated that we cannot follow the plays of the game using the rules, much less tell what is going to happen next. We must, therefore, limit ourselves to the more basic question of the rules of the game. If we know the rules, we consider that we “understand” the world.”

[Zythryn]

And the question is

 

When schooling is over the citizen who wishes to reach beyond naive common sense reality must develop the ability to generate questions.

 

Before you can reach beyond 'naive common sense' one must attain common sense. I don't believe our educational system does this so I don't know if many people are able to reach beyond what they don't have:doh:

[InfiniteNow]

Also from R. Feynman:

 

Philosophers say a great deal about what is absolutely necessary for science, and it is always, so far as one can see, rather naive, and probably wrong.