Punishment for asking questions

I wonder how the world would be if we did not have any punishment for asking questions. I mean, adult people. Only children upto a certain age are free to inquire about anything they like.

But past a certain age, the punishments intensify in tandem with age and past a certain point, only the diseased ask questions about the world. They are the ones who no whip can tame.

But just wonder. What if we people were free to be curious, to ask questions and learn about new things every minute?

How different that world would be! There would be so much less suffering.

What do you say? Adults are not punished for being curious?

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