# The Science Channel says I should "Question Everything" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-channel-says-i-should-question-everything/628017 "2012-07-12T16:30:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-channel-says-i-should-question-everything/628017/1 "2012-07-12T16:30:02Z")
However, why should I do this? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-channel-says-i-should-question-everything/628017/2 "2012-07-12T16:36:45Z")
Why shouldn’t you do this? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-channel-says-i-should-question-everything/628017/3 "2012-07-12T16:51:18Z")
:rolleyes:Why did I open this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-channel-says-i-should-question-everything/628017/4 "2012-07-12T16:56:52Z")
I thought I was being brilliant and forward thinking when I taught my children to question authority and to never just take someone’s word for things. Then they started questioning me. Damn kids. So the answer is you should question everything to annoy those who are telling you to question everything. Bonus points if you can suppress the giggles when they get annoyed. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-channel-says-i-should-question-everything/628017/5 "2012-07-12T16:57:50Z")
Why should I suppress the giggles when they get annoyed? ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-channel-says-i-should-question-everything/628017/6 "2012-07-12T16:59:12Z")
You can find out if a duck really blinks. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-channel-says-i-should-question-everything/628017/7 "2012-07-12T17:00:10Z")
> [@Indian](#): > > You can find out if a duck really blinks. That’s the only thing left after Mythbusters busted the duck quack thing. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-channel-says-i-should-question-everything/628017/8 "2012-07-12T17:07:08Z")
- revision 12 Jul 2012: Henceforth the consumer should be aware that the term “everything” does not apply to the following: your parents, your boss, the official line on 9/11, gravity, the lone gunman and magic bullet theorums, your husband’s excuse for why he didn’t come home last night, the Moon landing, that god wouldn’t have given you these troubles if he wasn’t sure you could handle them, why you used to be able to get this kind of programming stuff on broadcast TV for free, that the odds are always in the house’s favor, the need for a tax cut on the wealthiest one percent. This list is not all-inclusive and is subject to change at the whims of the party in power. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-channel-says-i-should-question-everything/628017/9 "2012-07-12T18:35:07Z")
> [@BlinkingDuck](#): > > However, why should I do this? Why should I tell you? ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-channel-says-i-should-question-everything/628017/10 "2012-07-12T18:43:47Z")
Hmmm. Shouldn’t that motto itself be in the form of a question then (“Question Everything?”) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-channel-says-i-should-question-everything/628017/11 "2012-07-12T18:55:47Z")
> [@BlinkingDuck](#): > > However, why should I do this? I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-channel-says-i-should-question-everything/628017/12 "2012-07-12T19:27:37Z")
> [@BlinkingDuck](#): > > **The Science Channel says I should “Question Everything”** > > However, why should I do this? Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-channel-says-i-should-question-everything/628017/13 "2012-07-13T02:10:09Z")
Is this Whose Line Is It Anyway? ---
**Author:** ![x1not0time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/76d3ee/32.png) [@x1not0time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x1not0time)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-channel-says-i-should-question-everything/628017/14 "2012-07-14T04:44:08Z")
By not questioning the question everything motto, you question everything that needs to be questioned. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-channel-says-i-should-question-everything/628017/15 "2012-07-14T15:30:21Z")
Definitely question whether it is worth watching The Science Channel.