Thought for the day

[essentialsaltes]

Who was it who first told you that you shouldn't believe something just because someone told you it?

Comments

[ajax.livejournal.com]

As I was born an arrogant and stubborn pain in the ass, this is the kind of lesson that came naturally to me without ever having to be specifically taught. :)

--- Ajax.

[jimkeller.livejournal.com]

My mother. But don't worry, I didn't believe her.

[edgyspice.livejournal.com]

Discover magazine.

[gina.livejournal.com]

Probably my mom, who then was probably irritated by my smartass response about not believing her, then.

[gotham-bound.livejournal.com]

Probably my dad. And I believe everything he tells me. }:>

[swmartin.livejournal.com]

While I'm sure that the message was imparted indirectly from many sources (including the ubiquitous "if all your friends jumped off a cliff..."), the first explicit statement I can remember which refuted arguments from hearsay, authority, etc. was in an essay by Isaac Asimov.

[dogofthefuture.livejournal.com]

I think I came to this conclusion on my own. I was the kind of kid who went and put a pot of water on the stove and then bloody well watched it until it boiled.

[richardabecker.livejournal.com]

Everyone who lied to me.

-- Richard