Yes. But no? All things in moderation I suppose.
I mean- if every generation we had to have someone rediscover the computer or gravity etc. we wouldn’t get very far as a society or individuals. People before you have already done work, figured things out, checked trails and explored and built tools. So while one should use their mind and grow their mind, there is this sort of leap some folks seem to want to take that is like “how do you KNOW the sun is a star in space? Have you been to space? Oh? A ‘scientist’ told you? Well scientists used to think the sun was in the sky so why couldn’t they be wrong now huh..?” And it’s like… sadly some people are almost too dumb to think. When they think the world gets worse not better even perhaps.
I mean- if every generation we had to have someone rediscover the computer or gravity etc. we wouldn’t get very far as a society or individuals. People before you have already done work, figured things out, checked trails and explored and built tools. So while one should use their mind and grow their mind, there is this sort of leap some folks seem to want to take that is like “how do you KNOW the sun is a star in space? Have you been to space? Oh? A ‘scientist’ told you? Well scientists used to think the sun was in the sky so why couldn’t they be wrong now huh..?” And it’s like… sadly some people are almost too dumb to think. When they think the world gets worse not better even perhaps.