Falling Apples...?

"Millions say the apple fell, but Newton was the one to ask why." -- Bernard M. Baruch



The apple fell. That's quite a blatant statement. It's a proven fact. It can easily be taken at face vale for all it's worth. But so what? Everything can fall, anything can go towards the ground and stay there. But why does it do that? Why doesn't it float? The main point here istn' to discuss the ymechanics of how or even why the palle falls and lands on the ground; the question, in fact is what was the driving force behind the reason of Newton's asking of that question. What made him ask why instead of accepting it at face value like everyone else? The answer, in my opinion, is thus: he didn't take what was in front of him. He became curious, and wanted to learn more, like many of us should. We shouldn't take things at face value. We should ask more questions, so we can learn. How do we know if what we're being "fed" is the truth or not? If we don't find out things for ourselves, how will we ever know anything?