Also, where'd he get the chisel? Does everyone have one? Or only him?

Right up until it doesn't for some reason. To me that's the best part. Not that it sometimes just does what it wants but finding out what it is that's making it act weird. There's some really cool stuff that we've found and now use because someone did something or used something that should have worked just fine but didn't or acted really really strange.

Also, there's something screwy going on. It's 12:01am EST. I just posted this and it says "lucky11 · 4 hours ago · FIRST". Guess my posts are traveling through time.

"Give me Liberty or give me death". A famous quote though mostly not understood today simply because of the things you've said. Context is everything.
noun: liberty
1. The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views.
In today's society people equate it to things like wearing a mask. Yes, it can be taken that way but what the person at the time meant was the freedom to not have your house burnt down or arrested and thrown in prison because you might be a criminal or related to one. I whole heartedly agree it's phenomenal that this is not the case, at least in the US. But we also need to be vigilant we don't recreate the same type of society that birthed that quote. I don't want to see that other famous quote come to fruition either. "Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times."

That goes right into the whole "my truth" crap. Which is unfortunately, propagated by many media outlets. And you're right, asking questions while not actually looking for the objective truth but instead the one that fits your narrative is all too common. The older I get the more I dislike it when someone asks a question but either doesn't listen to the answer or has already decided what the answer should be and refuse to understand why your answer isn't the same. I also find I don't have a problem if the answer is "this is what we know so far" or "honestly, we just don't know yet we need more time". Of course I seem to be in a minority on that opinion and alot of people, groups, news agencies etc... are more than happy saying something is an absolute fact, end of, just to seem like an authority on a subject. Then instead of admitting if they were wrong they just gloss over it and pretend they did no such thing.

That being said, even people who know nothing on a subject can ask good questions. They might not even be able to understand the answer but if they ask those who do know the subject sometimes those people take the answer and work with it. On the flip side this is also how you learn about something. If you know nothing about a subject but hear something you think is fishy and question it; you learn about said subject. That doesn't make you an expert right off the bat but just because you're not contributing to scientific advances doesn't mean you shouldn't question things. Asking the questions, valid, stupid, ignorant, or genuine is better than not asking at all. After all that soccer mom may be an idiot but hopefully after she's told, no it does not, she'll at least be less ignorant than she was before. Many of today's problems occur because people aren't asking. Instead they just take it as fact and heaven help you if you question them.