Philosophic Inquiry and why it's important in life

 How does one more effectively survive as a human being?

From my point of view philosophic inquiry is the beginning of a long life and survival ongoing.

By the way I have survived to age 76 so far thinking this way.

When I was young the way my father and grandfather thought scared me.

But, as I grew up I found that being very practical and always asking questions about everything in my life allowed me to survive.

Because my father and grandfather were electrical contractors and because I often worked for my father on weekends or summers from age 10 or 12 until I was 17 and then again I worked with him for about a year when I was 21 to 22 years old when I became disenchanted with working in the computer field because I realized I couldn't do what I wanted in that profession for 50 to 75 years then in 1969.

So, philosophic inquiry is about asking questions.

In the 1960s there was a bumper sticker (bumper stickers were more common then) and this bumper sticker said: "Question Authority".

This might seem like a normal way to think now but then it was considered obtrusive and disloyal to our government. So, things have changed a lot.

When I grew up questioning authority might get you a smack across the face from almost anyone you met as a child or even young adult.

Now, questioning authority people often see as a way to survive anything that comes in life.

So, philosophic inquiry is about Questioning authority I find more than anything else.

Why are you here on earth?

Why is the sky Blue?

Why are people being bad to each other?

How can I survive this world and stay alive and sane?

There are hundreds if not thousands of questions like this that they answers to will help keep you alive and make your lives better.

Philosophic inquiry is about surviving rather than dying in a sea of lies.

When I grew up I grew up in a sea of lies compared to now.

But, many of you now are growing up in a sea of lies too.

Your very survival depends upon questioning everything inside and outside of yourself.

Otherwise, You may not survive very long.

This is coming from someone who has survived a whole lot already now at age 76.