Assignment 19: Eli Wrinn

"Question everything." I have heard this advice from many places and honestly, I can't confidently say where I first heard it exactly. I know for sure it was in "Cosmos" with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and that may well be where did first hear it. All I know is that it represents a mindset that I try to take with me throughout my life. It applies to so many things, for example, in Seminar last year, I learned to vet sources. If you've seen a study that says a product is really useful for many different reasons, chances are, the company that makes the product funded the study. If you see something that's low fat, it's probably high sugar. Also, something that greatly affected me and my "question everything" mindset was my world history class with Mr. Wise last year. It was really influential and showed how much we take for granted because all in all, in the world history lens, our civilization is such a small period of time. When Mahatma Ghandi was asked in the 1900s what he thought of Western Civilization, he said, "I think it would be a pretty good idea." You can always find someone to support an idea, question everything.