Is it a stupid question?

Is it a stupid question?

Imagine that you lived in 800 A.D and someone asked you the following question: Can I fly like a bird?
Your answer might be one of the two: Are you crazy? Or Wow I’ve never heard such a question. You are the first man asked that. No matter what your response is, the man kept studying about birds and tried to answer his question himself. Now he became the first person who demonstrated a controlled flight. Could he manage to stay between the earth and the sky for few minutes although his machine was made out of a bamboo frame covered with silk cloth and bird feathers? He had no choice but to experiment. He jumped off a cliff and flied for 10 minutes but had a crash landing due to which he injured his back. However, he learnt from his mistake that the tail is very necessary to stabilize flight. Before he died, he left a book contained many information about that. Since then people tried to fly until someone did it in 1903. Even though people flied, questions never stopped. This time they are about the outer space. Are there creatures or lost civilizations in the outer space? This might be a stupid question but it led to a great invention- a rocket. A small and crazy question may lead to interesting results. Everyone remembers the journey of the rocket, Lunik III, which helped peope increase their knowledge about the outer space. The pictures of the moon it took solved an age-old mystery.
No matter what your question is, just try to answer it. If you try and cannot have an answer, believe me you will end up learning a lot. At least you will gain something. Some of the questions that may be stupid to others are: Why am I here? What is the purpose of my life?

I can say boastful " that is completely funny or real stupid . But I will say the truth . Which we think about things according to a certain mindset impose on us my the society , few only escape the familiar patterns of thinking . We can't isolate people from the historical era and it's impact upon their minds . Your question would be unfair to them . It is like asking a 8 years child , What is marriage ? While he didn't reached the age of buperty yet . Humankind were in primitive stages of thoughts and creative thinking weren't ubiquitous like these days . If you start asking such questions on people these days . You must accuse them of stupidity but you can do so with people living in 800 . I remember a debate about flying happened in an arab country when a wise man hold a silver coin in his hand . He threw it saying . Look people how can a metal fly . Metals are heavy don't you see . And they agreed until the saw airplanes with their own eyes . The man wasn't wrong nor right he explained things according to what he had known so far .
This debate took place in the early 60 I think . I live in a new born country people in my place get acquaintance with modern life styles almost 80 years ago up to now . I have been told story like women screamed when they saw men on TV or were watching it with their veils on , and how scary it was for people when they saw the first plane flying over their heads . Can I accuse them of stupidity , I think not . Even in our time some people stick to funny unacceptable ideas for a reason or another . Only the elite take that great risk to change humanity to the best defying the imposed mindset on the majority
Thanks for sharing your blog :)

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Youssef August 27, 2018 18:42

Hi nida,

glad to read your comment.

Thanks to them many things become easy.
nida August 27, 2018 13:43

Only people who are ambitious and curious as well as interested in trying out new things become great inventors. These are the people who play a great role in improving the quality of human life.
I enjoyed reading your blog, Youssef. Keep up the great work!
Youssef August 26, 2018 0:06

Hi SNR,
Thank you for the comment. I hope to write a lot of blogs. So prepare yourself to read more blogs^^.
Just kidding :D
Youssef August 21, 2018 14:03

Hi Olga, I am still thinking about how to thank yo for the comment and the PS ^^
Rose August 21, 2018 8:25

Hi Youssef, that's why I pointet out, answers can be stupid or wrong.

Only questions can never be stupid.
Youssef August 21, 2018 1:40

Hi Rosemary,
Thank you for your comment ^^
hayat :) August 21, 2018 0:20

I can say boastful " that is completely funny or real stupid . But I will say the truth . Which we think about things according to a certain mindset impose on us my the society , few only escape the familiar patterns of thinking . We can't isolate people from the historical era and it's impact upon their minds . Your question would be unfair to them . It is like asking a 8 years child , What is marriage ? While he didn't reached the age of buperty yet . Humankind were in primitive stages of thoughts and creative thinking weren't ubiquitous like these days . If you start asking such questions on people these days . You must accuse them of stupidity but you can do so with people living in 800 . I remember a debate about flying happened in an arab country when a wise man hold a silver coin in his hand . He threw it saying . Look people how can a metal fly . Metals are heavy don't you see . And they agreed until the saw airplanes with their own eyes . The man wasn't wrong nor right he explained things according to what he had known so far .
This debate took place in the early 60 I think . I live in a new born country people in my place get acquaintance with modern life styles almost 80 years ago up to now . I have been told story like women screamed when they saw men on TV or were watching it with their veils on , and how scary it was for people when they saw the first plane flying over their heads . Can I accuse them of stupidity , I think not . Even in our time some people stick to funny unacceptable ideas for a reason or another . Only the elite take that great risk to change humanity to the best defying the imposed mindset on the majority
Thanks for sharing your blog :)
Youssef August 20, 2018 23:18

Hi Salma Ibrahim,
Thank you for the comment.
Youssef August 20, 2018 23:17

Hi Rose, Nice comment. I agree with but I have to add that a question may have good or wrong answer. Sometime the answer may be stupid and sometime it may be great.
Salma Ibrahim August 20, 2018 22:25

Very good observation!

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