Small Questions, Big Insights
The Midas’ Questions
22 min readJan 10, 2022
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Evolutionary biologist: “The chicken crossed the road because they saw a potential mate on the other side.”Kinesiologist: “The chicken crossed the road because the muscles in the leg contracted and pulled the leg bone forward during each step.”Neuroscientist : “The chicken crossed the road because the neurons in the chicken’s brain fired and triggered the movement.”
From ‘Ha Ha’ to ‘Ah-Ha’!
Asking — simple requests can steer into gaps of new possibilities.
Sometimes 2 or more ideas did not get to come into meeting to make 1 concept and missing the opportunity altogether. In other cases, ideas can collide, losing the momentum and intent. - 2011-09.30Maybe they have an idea which is irrelevant to them which we are looking day and night for ! - 2011-09.30Lesson for the thoughts:
1. Simple questions can lead to great and deep implications.2. If we simply laugh it off, we leave our minds unused and untapped.3. If we can’t think further than “haha”, be wary that our lives are as limited as our thoughts, and … we better ask that similar simplistic…