Question 1:
If you knew a pregnant woman who happened to have 8 children, 3 of them being deaf, 2 of them blind, and one of them being mentally retarded, and that the woman herself was a victim of Syphilis (a sexually transmitted infection), would you suggest her for an abortion?

Got an answer?

This woman, is Beethoven's mother
Astonished?
If you suggested her for an abortion, then, you would have killed Beethoven. Please continue to the next question.

Question 2:
Please assume that we're here to elect a leader, here are some information of the 3 nominees:

Nominee A:
Frequently meeting dishonest politicians and fortune tellers. He has an affair, a smoker, and an alcoholic who'd take 8 to 10 glasses of martini every day.

Nominee B:
Been fired twice. He sleeps till noon time and was a drug addict in his university age. He'd take a quarter of Whiskey every evening.

Nominee C:
Previously a soldier. A vegetarian who does not smoke. He'd take some beer once in a blue moon. Never had an affair.

Please pick your choice.

Done?

I'm going to reveal their names now.
Nominee A: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nominee B: Winston Churchill
Nominee C: Adolf Hitler

I bet you've chosen Hitler as your leader!

I think most of the people have read about such article on the internet.

Firstly, let's jot down some main points in the article. There are two main points mentioned in the article that we must learn. The first point teaches us not to think with a fixed mindset and perception of value. We must not focus too much on the surface of everything. A superficial attitude would manipulate us to not be able to make a clearer and proper decision. An acceptable perception of value and a fixed mindset may not help us to reach to the right way.

When we're facing the first question, we might think that it'll be as if we're leaving a new born baby to suffer. Hence, most might choose to suggest for abortion. When we're given the second question, we must have thought that we've understand the situation before making a wrong move. Just when we thought we're making the right choice, we could have murdered Beethoven and elected Hitler.

Hence, we must be extra careful and attentive while observing, or else we could possibly be confused to take the wrong turn. Before taking any action, we must remember to first pay attention to every single detail. It is crucial that we make a wise choice with a strong ichinen.

We've understood the intention of the author, 'not think with a fixed mindset and perception'. However, there could still be some untruthful information. If there are inaccurate rumours, we might be misled as well.


Remember that the article mentioned that Beethoven's mother had 8 children? That is totally inaccurate.

Let's see who are these 8 children mentioned:
The 1st baby: A child with his ex-husband, passed away (unknown reason)
The 2nd baby: The first baby with Beethoven's father, passed away 6 days after birth (unknown reason)
The 3rd baby: Beethoven
The 4th baby: Kaspar Anton Karl (passed away from Tuberculosis)
The 5th baby: Nikolaus Johann (natural death)
The 6th baby: A baby boy, passed away 4 days after birth (unknown reason)
The 7th baby: A baby girl, passed away at the age of 2 (unknown reason)
The 8th baby: A baby girl, passed away at the age of 1 (unknown reason)

Thus, Beethoven happened to be the third baby. There were only 2 babies before him, therefore the description of 8 babies is totally inaccurate. Plus, the rest of the babies aren't disabled as well.


Maria Magdalena Keverich, Beethoven's mother (passed away from Tuberculosis)





Johann van Beethoven, Beethoven's father (passed away from Heart attack)






Beethoven might be infected with Syphilis (not proven). This is because he once asked for medication on such infection from the doctor. There were two spots from his remains that seemed like symptoms of the infection. However, there's none of the documentation that mentioned his mother having the same infection.


For your information:


Franklin D. Roosevelt - The only president who'd been on the same pose for four years (unfinished on the fourth year). He played an important role during the financial crisis in the 20th century and World War II. He was called as one of the 3 most noble presidents.



 
Winston Churchill - awarded the Noble Prize award in 1953. Been the Prime Minister of England twice during 1940-1945 and 1951-1955. He was accepted as one of the most important political leaders of the 20th century. With his leadership, England won over the World War II. According to history, he's one of the person who had the largest amount of English vocabulary (more than 5 million).


Let's have a look at Hitler.



Hitler was the president of the Nazi and the head of Drittes Reich (German). Other than that, he's also the major culprit for World War II. At the same time, he's a famous publick speaker, politician, and army. It's not that Hitler had no affair with other women, just that he was never married. This was because he had been falling in love with his niece. He was so over that he'd lock her up in his own house, in the end, forcing her to commit suicide. Hitler was never married, but by the time he died, he finally gave a title to his secret lover.

(These are rumours, the credibility may not be easy to be judged. Although for now, we do know a little of something of him. Hence, we must not be too innocent to believe that Hitler was a person without any bad qualities.)

This test enlarged other people's bad qualities and kept Hitler's small. It never mentioned any bad quality of Hitler. Hence, its credibility is very low either. Bending the history to make it sound convincing isn't a right thing to do.

Majority of the people are kind and innocent, thus, such untested and unproven articles might mislead the public, convincing them that it's true. When these people thought that it was true, they'd pass on to one another. Soon enough, the rumour would spread like wildfire. This is not the only example of a misleading article on the internet. Therefore, when you're reading some articles on the internet, it's best that we check out the information on the other websites or sources to prove their statement. Please stop spreading inaccurate and misleading information!

Knowledge is a supplementary tool, through training ourselves, we cleanse out heart to merge with the nature. When we nurture wisdom and that wisdom guides knowledge properly, things would not run from its origin.

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