Quotes About Inquiry

What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry.

Land!" shouted Thomas. "Is there food?" asked Tubby Ted.

Head Smashed In, may I help you?

of research

Why do we pursue information that we know will never leave our heads?

it seemed, had some purpose, even if that purpose was just to ask for something.

If it's like us, why is it somewhere else? Deng asked. Dut

Am I just curious? Or do I want this? And if I did want this, what sort of person am I?

Healthy skepticism is often the best way to glean the value of what's being presented—challenge it; prove it wrong, if you can. That creates engagement, which is the key to understanding.

He typed in a request and sent

Reed said he could maybe find out where it came from back at his office. Check the certified mail records.

Listen, ask questions, don't believe anything is true unless you can corroborate it, and don't trust anyone.

How did you get on to her?

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We can't just accept it – we must doubt it. For by doubting we come to inquiry, and from inquiry we come to the truth.

I may not ever be able to be certain what is absolutely True... but I sure as heck can work to find out what isn't true!  Moreover, I can improve my model of the world, by slowly, carefully finding out what is truer than what I already know.

Heck, picture if aliens ever landed in California. Instead of running away or even inquiring about the secrets of the universe, Californians would probably ask the BEMs if they had any new cuisine.

Once you've decided that something's absolutely true, you've closed your mind on it, and a closed mind doesn't go anywhere. Question everything. That's what education's all about.

It's the nature of man to ask questions. --Belgarath

I see the Nimble Thief and the Man with Two Lives and the Blind Man, but I don't see the others. Where's the Dreadful Bear and the Knight Protector? The Horse Lord and the Bowman? And the ladies? Where are they—the Queen of the World and the Mother of the Race That Died?

Why not? Why not? Why not not, then, if the best reasoning you can contrive is why not?

This is why they started us here so young: to give ourselves away before the age when the questions 'why' and 'to what' grow real beaks and claws.

El sol, cuando los ojos parpadeantes alcanzan a verlo aunque sea de soslayo, los enceguece de azul y rojo como un foco. «¿Por qué no? ¿Por qué no? ¿Por qué no «no» entonces, si el mejor razonamiento que puedes hacer es por qué no?»

By all means don't THINK about the validity of what they're claiming your life hinges on. Oh do not ask what IS it. Do not ask not whether it's not insane. Simply open wide for the spoon.