People laugh about children who ask “why?” all the time but not about the adults who never do.
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Why do you think that's true? :-)
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That’s a good question and is a subject of my present research!
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I am constantly trying to get my smart adult students to ask why and dig deeper. There is much resistance to it.
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I have lots of ideas on why. It seems deep in our culture to figure things out on our own and not ask questions.
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The programming field is different, we need to ask questions all the time and it's hard to learn that.
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To start with, I think you must have a genuine and sincere sense of curiosity.
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Yes, and that's a teacher's dilemma. Can curiosity be taught? How about abstract thinking? That's my pro life now.
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very interesting topic. I always ask questions. I do get flak for it, but I don't care.
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however, I am trying to work on not asking questions when I can solve it with a small amount of research