Satisfied with explanations

As Albert Knox described to Sophie:

"It seems as if in the process of growing up we lose the ability to wonder about the world. He means to introduce the idea of adults not questioning about all the small things, interesting things about the world and beyond. Albert uses an example of those who want to find out, wonder, question about things they don’t understand, haven’t experienced and don’t comprehend. He classifies this as those who “snuggle…deep into the rabbit’s fur” and his implicit connotation suggested such mentality was not suit for Sophie.

He puts forward the example of philosophers; those who question and ponder beyond limitations set by knowledge. The message delivered by him, those who think “beyond the rabbit’s fur” are people who live life more extensively and he hopes Sophie too, could be those who question and have the ‘faculty of wonder’.

The phrase ‘Wonder’ could be used in many different ways. It is felt that the main separation in between is the theories established in science. There are those who are content in believing that a plant could contain chlorophyll, starch, and those who think further and wonder if the plant had basic elements of water and earth.

Wonder – I could wonder right now, “What is that apple?” Despite nearly answering my own question already, I could also seek a basic explanation. A fruit produced by a plant containing glucose (put in rather simple terms). Then, I could be content with an explanation as such and live on thinking that an apple is a fruit containing glucose produced by a plant and I too, am someone that is content with a scientific explanation that is sophisticated to that extent.

Then there are those who are not content from such explanation and they wish to have something questionable, something to wonder at despite having it being explained already.

An example of this could be at school: The teacher will tell children about perhaps a law or a theory that work under all circumstances or even explain a situation. The teacher could say “The universe is huge and our planet is just a small speck compared…”

I would be the child that accepts this happily, I do not wonder, I just take what the teacher tells me. Then another kid would put his hand up and ask ‘HOW HUGE IS HUGE?’ as the teachers explanation does not satisfy his mind’s need for an explanation. Growing up made no difference, a few years later I still thought the universe huge and didn’t wonder any further.

I believe that at the end of all thoughts, whether we wonder is determined by whether we are content with the knowledge we know. Albert believes that the faculty of wonder is linked with age; I believe that a young child would not have been exposed to varieties of answers and would not be able to figure out yet what kind of an answer he/she would be satisfied with, if after he/she exposes a scientific answer and feels satisfied, he/she would most likely question no more and this would be those who apparently lack the ‘faculty of wonder’ and hence I disagree with Albert Knox’s statement : "It seems as if in the process of growing up we lose the ability to wonder about the world” because whether one felt the response was enough is not for another person to judge hence the ability to wonder is not lost, but put away as it is not needed.