The Curse of
Questioning
Questioning the truth of the propositions
being daily proposed to you will put you at odds with many of the folks that
surround you. You will find yourself
living in a different world. This
morning a breakfast experience pointed this out to me. The milk bottle proudly displayed:
“2% Milk*
* 37% Less Fat Than
Whole Milk,
2% Milkfat, Vitamins A&D, Grade
A
Pasteurized, Homogenized”
A question entered my mind when I read the above
on the milk bottle. “What is the fat
content of whole milk?” Apply a little
algebra and the answer is: whole milk fat = x/.63, or 3%. That is to say, “When one buys 2% milk they
are reducing their fat consumption from 3% of the glass of milk to 2% of it (A
one percent reduction in fat consumption).
I believe that “37% Less Fat Than Whole Milk” gives the reader a
different image. This is an example of
the questioning curse. Asking questions
will put you in a different reality.
Successful advertising makes great use of
this lack of questioning mind set. A
perfect example (mentioned in a previous blog) is Liberty Mutual Auto Insurance.
A successful ad of theirs tells you that
you can customize your coverage to fit your needs and what you can afford. I started buying auto insurance in 1956 and
have been able to customize my auto policy coverage from every company I have
ever insured with. It’s not a
competitive advantage. They all offer
it. We know that … and yet Liberty
has run this ad consistently on TV for over a decade. Someone must think it is quite an
advantage. You can fool a hell of a lot
of people for a very long time. When
money rushes in … truth rushes out.
One of my favorite examples of not
questioning what you see is not questioning how those two buildings that fell
on 9/11, in the manner that they did, without the aid of demolition. You saw that they fell nearly as fast as a
freely falling body and did not tip, but landed directly on their foot
print. Would the steel beams that
support the structure have allowed that?
My first question in viewing that event was where are the beams? The government answer is they melted. My question from that answer is, if an
aircraft can fly from Los Angeles to Hawaii burning the same fuel, yet not
melting its engines (made of pretty much the same material as the beams) how
the hell did the beams disappear? And if
melting of beams was involved, how could they have melted evenly on all sides
of the buildings at the same moment thereby allowing the building not to tip
during its fall, but land on their own footprint? One building would be a miracle. Two would be impossible. A little research on the happening, not simply
using reason, reveals that kerosene (jet fuel) burns at 1800 degrees and the
beams melt at 2800 degrees. The beams
did melt. Yet they had to; requiring
modern demolition. If you would like to
see samples of modern demolition, watch the demolition of Trump Tower in
Atlantic City or the demolition of the second half of the townhouse tower in
Surfside, Florida. They have the same
signature of demolition as the Twin Towers.
When you see one ex-football coach Senator
hold up the promotion of over 300 military officers, do you question what rule
of the Senate allows that? When you see
the majority leader of The Senate not allow any bill passed by the opposing
party’s majority House (over 300 bills) not brought to the floor for discussion or a
vote, do you wonder if our democracy is functioning. Both houses of congress must pass a bill
before it is signed into law.
If you would like some alone time, question
the prevalent world view.
Cheers, Old
Buz 1/12/2024
Iambloggerbuz.blogspot.com
“He who knows all the answers has not considered all
the questions.” –
Confucius
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