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Why do we stop questioning? | Ammar Abdulraheem | TEDxYouth@6OctoberSTEM

1,265 views · Published 19 October 2018 · 14:43 · Indexed 3 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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We, humans, are born curious. We are born with an insatiable thirst for knowledge. We crave knowledge since our very first interaction with the world. But we grow old, and we drown deep in the ocean of the so called “common sense”. We lose the questioning eyes of our child versions. We happen to be completely fine with what appears to be "natural", whereas nature has a lot more than meets the eye. 
This talk will walk you through your childhood, where your built-in curiosity guides you in the world, proving to be an intrinsic part of your human-ness. It will show you how and why your inquisitiveness diminishes as you age, while you are deceiving yourself by thinking that you are so grown up to ask like a child again. The talk makes an attempt to revive your curious inherent nature that distinguishes you from other beings. It asks you to do a very simple behavior that you, even if you 
disagree, love to do and which requires nothing but your mind and its mere ability of thinking. This talk asks you to ask!  Ammar is an 18-year-old high school student, enrolled in STEM high school. He loves games and volunteers as a game developer in IEEE HSB. In addition, he is a member of the competitive college club.  Ammar’s passion is to learn about everything. One of his lifelong mottos is Thomas Huxley’s Quote “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” He is also a science and philosophy enthusiast. 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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