i cant say i agree with Albert Knox however, i cant say i disagree either. I agree with his statement because its true that we start to lose the ability to wonder. This is because as we grow up we experience and learn more and more things about life. As we learn more and more, we know more and more. As a result we wonder less because we already know the answer to these thigns. As said in the book, a child will wonder more because he or she as many questions to ask, for example a 5 year old would wonder why the lights on the street will sometimes be red and sometimes be green. However an adult wouldnt wonder that because he already knows why they turn red and green. Therefore, as the child grows up, he or she will get the answer to many of those questions they were wondering. So as we get older we start to wonder less about things because we already have the answer to the questions.
On the other hand, i cant agree completely with Albert Knox either because a man knowledge always has its limits. Even if we learn and experience things as we grow up, we cannot possibly learn everythign there is to know about life. There will always be questions to be asked, and questions that cannot be answered. For example, simple questions like "How was the world created?" can never be answered correctly. There are many theories to how the world was created, however it always depends on the person to believe what they are hearing. So even adults have somethign to wonder. Tere cannot possible be someone that knows the answer to all the questions. Therefore, i cant agree with Albert Knox's statement.
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I think your blog makes alot of sense. I agree with the fact that as we get older we start to wonder less. This is a very thoughtful blog.
I agree that as we get older, we get to know about more things in life which in turn makes us wonder less. We, humans, would never 'lose the ability to wonder' as it is a basic skill that we get when we were born. It is part of what makes who we are today. Without the 'ability to wonder' there is no point in living anymore. As you said, there are many questions to life that are unanswered and various people have provided different theories which means that they were wondering about the questions. Hence Albert Knox is wrong about people losing the ability to wonder as we grow up.
I agree that no one can answer every question and that does make me disagree with Albert Knox's statement too. It is really true that as we grow up we start to wonder less because all the answers to our questions is already laid out and we already accepted the fact that the questions that cannot be answered will not ever be answered.
Your post is wonderful, is the same what I'm thinking. We don't agree nor disagree with the statement because we do lose the ability to wonder but only wondering less.
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