tdawg 97 points 2 years ago

Ah yes the paradox of knowledge. The more you learn, the more you learn how much more there is to learn

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Flocklesscrow 66 points 2 years ago

Intellectual curiosity is the true barometer; you either thirst to know more, or you're content with ignorance.

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orbitz 34 points 2 years ago

Eventually you realize you forget almost as much as you learn, it's like a bilge pump in a sinking boat. Then you focus on what you want to remember and come to acceptance with that.

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Flocklesscrow 22 points 2 years ago

You have to keep going through rehearsal of that old information to keep it from fading. The hard part is stacking new layers on the old layers.

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vaultdweller013 1 point 2 years ago

I know way too much about the bronze age and not in a haha Ea-Nasir way but in a I have the major trade routes of the era memorized sort of way. The only official education I have is a high school diploma that even then I probably shouldn't have gotten since I failed math outright.

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theangryseal 2 points 2 years ago

This right here. Being content with ignorance s fine with me at the end of the day.

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ByteOnBikes 17 points 2 years ago

Ah yes. I am truly a thirsty knowledge bitch.

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Overshoot2648 2 points 2 years ago

you know it!

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Asafum 13 points 2 years ago

There is a third way!

You thirst to know more but have a soul crushing deficit of self esteem and truly believe you're incapable of anything more than menial labor. You remain with your thirst, not content with your ignorance, but unable to overcome the self image of "absolute moron with no place in the scientific community who must be narcissistic for even thinking he could be" and so you grow to hate yourself even more because of it!

...Err.... Or so my friend says.

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NikkiDimes 12 points 2 years ago

You don't have to go to higher education to pursue knowledge! We have more knowledge available to us freely than any other time on Earth!

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Zink 3 points 2 years ago

And for that matter, you don’t even have to pursue knowledge that will help you make money!

Taking a deep dive in some hobbies using free knowledge could very well enhance your life better than getting the masters degree and the promotion.

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vaultdweller013 2 points 2 years ago

Though fair warning if you are too much of a knowledge collector Odin will invade your dreams and you will become a neo-pagan. Or atleast thats what happened to be, I throw shit at him when he does, he laughs.

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Frostbeard 2 points 2 years ago

The more I learn, the better I understand Monthy Pythons song about how sweet it is to be an idot

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mortemtyrannis 51 points 2 years ago

Everyone is just making it up as we go along.

Be skeptical of anyone who claims they have the answer.

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Asafum 9 points 2 years ago

42!

But who has the question?!

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halcyoncmdr 5 points 2 years ago

I know you're being cheeky, but we did get an answer to what the Ultimate Question was...

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The Ultimate Question "What do you get when you multiply six by nine" is found by Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

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zqwzzle 3 points 2 years ago

The tainted question because the B ark landed on earth ruining the results.

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Sorse 4 points 2 years ago

What is 41! Multip*ied by 42?

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cliffracerflyyy -2 points 2 years ago

There's such a thing as knowledge, which qualifies you to do some Job's better than the rest. Keep that in mind.

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ByteOnBikes 35 points 2 years ago

I was arguing with a engineer two weeks ago about systems. I never met him before. But he had a few drinks and interrupted our conversation. And I nearly lost my shit because of how confident this guy was speaking, saying obvious things and being vague, while not saying anything at all. Like, "This system isn't good at all! We should all follow Clean Code principles!"

Then someone pulled me aside and said, "Go easy on the guy. He's only been in the industry for a year."

And I did feel bad. But also like, my dude... You are going to wake up to realizing you know nothing about everything.

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AmosBurton_ThatGuy 19 points 2 years ago

You are going to wake up to realizing you know nothing about everything.

I wish I had your optimism about humanity.

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TempermentalAnomaly 13 points 2 years ago

This guy sounds like management material.

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ChildeHarold -10 points 2 years ago

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porous_grey_matter 17 points 2 years ago

Best to read the comment you're replying to before going on a tirade - this guy drunkenly interrupted OPs conversation to lecture them, it's a proportionate response, even if maybe not optimal

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GrammarPolice 5 points 2 years ago

shut up

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Yokozuna 26 points 2 years ago

Coming out of my undergrad I definitely did not feel that. I think it should be relabeled to high-school and undergrad is I feel SO dumb

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originalucifer 22 points 2 years ago

wisdom is understanding what we dont know

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Diplomjodler3 16 points 2 years ago

The more you know, the more you know what you don't know. People who know nothing often think they know everything.

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FartsWithAnAccent 13 points 2 years ago

"All I know is that I know nothing."

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adarza 6 points 2 years ago

that's more than some people who think they know everything.

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Viking_Hippie 6 points 2 years ago

My all time favorite "Stig Fact" from Top Gear is

"They say that he knows only two things about ducks..and both of them are wrong"

Which would arguably qualify as knowing less than nothing about ducks 😁

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restingboredface 4 points 2 years ago

Whenever I see this quote (or others like it) I hear it read in Bill's voice from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

Bill : Socrates [SOH -crates]- ' the only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing.

Ted: Dude, that's us!

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cliffracerflyyy 2 points 2 years ago

That's it, no discussion.

There's people who don't understand what that means.

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FartsWithAnAccent 1 point 2 years ago

Perhaps they are they wisest of all.

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Aceticon 11 points 2 years ago

I think it's a general thing with highly capable persons in expert and highly intellectual domains that eventually you kinda figure out what Socrates actually meant with "All I know is that I know nothing"

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Zetta 5 points 2 years ago

I feel like that sentiment is easily reached by anyone who is curious and likes to learns, so a lot of people.

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Aceticon 1 point 2 years ago

If one thinks a lot, likes to learn and, maybe more important, thinks about knowledge and learning things, that person will probably get there.

A certain educational background probably helps but is neither required nor sufficient, IMHO.

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Apytele 9 points 2 years ago

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Krauerking 9 points 2 years ago

I have come to realize a PhD just means you have spent a lot of time thinking about what you are doing.

Doesn't mean what you are doing is smart really. Just well thought about.

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someacnt 8 points 2 years ago

I disagree. Most people seem dumb, but there are select few which are incredibly genius.

Like, I heard of a model theorist who produces quality papers every month or so. Then there is also Andrew Wiles, who proved Fermat's last theorem through labyrinth of Langlands. The complexity and depth of the field is just insane.

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Flocklesscrow 11 points 2 years ago

Yes, balanced on the other end by billions of mouth-breathing maroons.

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Swedneck 1 point 2 years ago

basically everyone is smart about some things, and a few people end up in situations where they can apply themselves to the thing they're smart at.

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1985MustangCobra 7 points 2 years ago

Me at 34 with no post secondary education: I wish i could afford to goto school

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rimjob_rainer 7 points 2 years ago

I already knew that I and everyone is dumb before my undergrad. Am I smart?

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pelespirit 4 points 2 years ago

I think you're more wise than smart?

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cliffracerflyyy 1 point 2 years ago

Hard no.

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exothermic 6 points 2 years ago

Masters level living in that PhD level mindset. We a bunch of dumb animals

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cliffracerflyyy 1 point 2 years ago

We totally aren't.

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MystikIncarnate 4 points 2 years ago

IMO, all three of these statements are correct.

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MehBlah 3 points 2 years ago

I've been this way my whole life. I learn something new and realize I don't know shit.

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cliffracerflyyy 0 points 2 years ago

It doesn't get better, which is the good way. Ever met a self declared highly intelligent person?

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ininewcrow 3 points 2 years ago

I think the difference is that some people spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to make the same realization.

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emergencybird 3 points 2 years ago

Graduated and am working as a junior engineer and I basically feel like I have a mountain of stuff I need to learn, I can see I've grown since I started a year ago but man is there still so much for me to learn

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dohpaz42 2 points 2 years ago

This also tracks for programming.

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rockerface 5 points 2 years ago

Tbh in programming that is a healthy attitude to have. If you assume everyone who handles your code in the future, including yourself, is a dumbass, it makes you write more reliable and transparent code.

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OpenStars 2 points 2 years ago

Hey, the only reason you choose to think that way is... bc it is objectively true.:-|

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archiebot 1 point 2 years ago

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Sam_Bass -3 points 2 years ago

When you're smart, you don't need to learn

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