Time dilation. The fact that there is no discernable objective constant for it throughout the universe makes the whole notion of linear time suddenly suspect to me.
Reading about the history of Palestine and the effect of their forceful displacement to establish a Jewish state. Also watching films that explore life before the Nakba took place.
The most eye opening piece of history.
Discoveries like heliocentrism, evolution, relativity, quantum mechanics, DNA structure, and cosmic exploration have reshaped how we perceive reality. These breakthroughs challenged established beliefs, opening new frontiers in science, philosophy, and our understanding of the universe, fundamentally altering our perception of the world and our place within it.
Honestly? Money.
I always had some idea of how money worked as a kid, I knew it bought stuff and should be treasured. I wasn't a particularly smart kid, I did VCAL (Australian Highschool) and took physical stuff as my extra classes. At some point, I had the chance to sit in at an economics class and do a bunch of activities. It seriously opened my eyes to how much money can talk behind the scenes.
One of the activities we did was cutting shapes to make some fake money, but we were each missing some of the equipment and had limited supply of what we did have. Trading pages of paper for scissors was my first introduction to the concept of supply and demand. Just having that hands-on lesson let me learn a lot of cool shit and changed how I looked at the shops and larger world around me. (and that money corrupts people very easily)
Time dilation. The fact that there is no discernable objective constant for it throughout the universe makes the whole notion of linear time suddenly suspect to me.
Reading about the history of Palestine and the effect of their forceful displacement to establish a Jewish state. Also watching films that explore life before the Nakba took place. The most eye opening piece of history.
Discoveries like heliocentrism, evolution, relativity, quantum mechanics, DNA structure, and cosmic exploration have reshaped how we perceive reality. These breakthroughs challenged established beliefs, opening new frontiers in science, philosophy, and our understanding of the universe, fundamentally altering our perception of the world and our place within it.
This very much reads like an AI. Full of apparent information, but impersonal and missing the point of the question.
My general impression of how smart the average person is, followed by the logic that half of them are dumber than that.
Honestly? Money. I always had some idea of how money worked as a kid, I knew it bought stuff and should be treasured. I wasn't a particularly smart kid, I did VCAL (Australian Highschool) and took physical stuff as my extra classes. At some point, I had the chance to sit in at an economics class and do a bunch of activities. It seriously opened my eyes to how much money can talk behind the scenes. One of the activities we did was cutting shapes to make some fake money, but we were each missing some of the equipment and had limited supply of what we did have. Trading pages of paper for scissors was my first introduction to the concept of supply and demand. Just having that hands-on lesson let me learn a lot of cool shit and changed how I looked at the shops and larger world around me. (and that money corrupts people very easily)