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Incontestable facts المسلَّمات المقدسة | Walid Choeb | TEDxFayhaaPark

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Why!? Why!? All of us remember our childhood and our eagerness to obtain knowledge, our repeated questions which used to be considered as "meddling" or interfering in affairs, we grew up carrying with us the inherited habits of our society. The vice became our obsession, and the satisfaction of others is on the head of the list of our priorities, in addition to the hesitation and fear when it comes to asking questions; you shouldn't ask that! You can't talk this way to those who are older than you! And yet when we ask about something that doesn't seem to be convincing enough, we get back the answer: It's just this way, namely, we have to accept what old people or teachers say and we also have to eschew doing what they dislike without object to orders, thus we stopped reasonable thinking and asking questions. In addition, we stopped having a dialectical thinking and the ability to discuss something, so we got trapped inside the uncivilized social scope, and then formed according to the inherited customs and traditions, so we ended up having a mental freezing without the ability to analyze daily life issues, this way we turned into imitating parrots without the slightest capacity of creativity and cognitive production. 
When Albert Einstein was asked about his accomplishments, he answered: I've been simply recalling my childhood and asking the questions I used to ask back then. And here, Walid is going to tell us about behaviors of society, parents' behavior and those at school. In a hope that the new generations may be bolder in asking questions: why? How? When? Where? Hopefully that these generations would be more determined to receive answers.
Walid Choeb, is a civil consultant engineer, graduate of Damascus university in 1982. Director of the consulting engineers office and engineering laboratory in Sweida, publisher of three engineering books. Walid Choeb, is a civil consultant engineer, graduate of Damascus university in 1982. Director of the consulting engineers office and engineering laboratory in Sweida, publisher of three engineering books and he translated an English book into Arabic. Researcher in the field of using Basalt stones. Participant in many international and local scientific conferences, writer and narrator, publisher of three literary books and translated one from English. Winner of several international and local short story awards. Founder of "Abnaa Alsindian" group, a charity which works on planting trees, love, welfare and charm. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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