Are questions more important than answers?
Why am I writing this post? Why are you reading it? Why does this post open by posing so many questions? Are these questions just a rudimentary literary device to grab your attention? In a sense I’m guilty as charged. However, the inquisitive opening also points to the fundamental importance of formulating questions themselves. Questions are not just useful for piquing interest, neither are they just about obtaining answers. The art of asking questions is about so much more than finding answers. Asking questions and becoming more questioning are an important feature of what it means to be truly educated. Whilst many definitions of wisdom or education exist the notion of questioning is common to many and can be invoked from many others. Einstein was quoted as saying the most important thing in life was to ‘never stop questioning’. Romanian playwright Eugene Ionesco suggested that ‘it is not the answer that enl...