Albert Knox once stated "It seems as if in the process of growing up we lose the ability to wonder about the world." What this statements to trying to tell us is that as we grow up, we seem to lose the ability to question and think. We see new things and our experiences builds up everyday.
For example; when you first see a magic trick, you will be amazed by the trick and begin to wonder how the magician did it. You then found out how it works. The magician performs the trick again, this time you know how it works and therefore you will not think or wonder how the magician did it.
This applies to our daily life, we will begin to lose the ability to question and think because our knowledge assumes that we ksnow how everything work through the knowledge that we learnt in life.
I agree with Albert Knox's statement because as we acquire more experience and knowledge, our child inside us begins to disappear. A child wonders and thinks alot because they have not yet learn the knowledge behind things. I use to believe that it rains because majority of the people in the world is unhappy. However, after I've learnt why it rains, my childhood thoughts are rejected. This applies to everything else because as we learn the truth, what we use to think in our childhood will not be used again.
However, I also disagree with the statement because technology have advanced really quickly in the last few decades. New products with new functions appears everyday. Movies also played an important role. Movies and cartoons(especially ones set in the future) and the technology it shows amaze people and will make them wonder 'What will the future be like?'. Until now, watching Futurama still keeps me wondering what the future will be like.
Above are my for and against points for Albert Knox's statement. Socrates once said “The unexamined life is not worth living.” This simply means that if we dont question and think, we are nothing but walking cabbages.
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"For example; when you first see a magic trick, you will be amazed by the trick and begin to wonder how the magician did it. You then found out how it works. The magician performs the trick again, this time you know how it works and therefore you will not think or wonder how the magician did it."
Stephen,
A very colourful analogy. However, I do not believe that this is always true when it comes to wondering about the world. When you wonder about the world and everything around us, you are exploring life's biggest mysteries and questions which, unlike a magician's tricks, are never answered.
"life's biggest mysteries and questions which... are never answered. " hmm. depressing. why wonder then?
i am jason = =
The magician example is a very nice comparison ^^.
I like your magician example as well.
You said that as we grow up, we become more knowledgeable and therefore our ability to question and think decreases. However, most of us don't actually know (for example) where the world came from. There is no proper 'knowledge' for this, hence people may therefore still want to find out about it.
Also, I don't understand how technology links with wondering about the world. I also don't understand how this links with Knox's statement. Please elaborate.
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