Tuesday, July 19, 2011

The Pretense Of Knowledge

Humanity's favorite pastime: pretending to know what it doesn't know.
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21 comments:

  1. PBScottJuly 19, 2011 at 9:04 AM

    He who speaks the loudest is usually the most unsure.

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  2. DerayJuly 19, 2011 at 9:55 AM

    I thought it was pretending not see what is happening around us.

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  3. PhotoDictionJuly 19, 2011 at 10:14 AM

    Ha - I got a laugh out of that one. So true. especially of politicians and weathermen :)

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  4. SprigBlossomsJuly 19, 2011 at 10:47 AM

    True, knowledge is exhaustive...and with our limited ability its only possible to scratch the surface :)

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  5. SpotJuly 19, 2011 at 12:35 PM

    Agreed.

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  6. AdminJuly 19, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    Seems true to me as well.


    Best Wishes!

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  7. Kenia SantosJuly 19, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    and bragging about it!

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  8. Cat Wisdom 101July 19, 2011 at 2:39 PM

    If all the-know-it-alls in the world had a conference, would it trigger WW III ;-)

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  9. Yun YiJuly 19, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    I like this one. As a knowledge-lover I had lots of re-thinking over, it seems to be an bottomless black hole.

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  10. Lita C. MalicdemJuly 20, 2011 at 3:39 AM

    . . . and worst is, these humankind fight tooth and nail to insist they know!

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  11. timethiefJuly 20, 2011 at 9:25 AM

    What we don't know is perhaps best for us not to know. We are basically an insecure species striving to know it all. Our insecurity drives us to seek out pseudo-answers we can rationalize and justify. Our fear of death and the unknown is strong. The desire to have all the answers to all of the mysteries of life and death and then defend positions built on imperfect knowledge is also strong.

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  12. Make money OnlineJuly 20, 2011 at 10:29 AM

    and bragging about it.

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  13. John MJuly 20, 2011 at 11:31 AM

    It takes someone who is honest and humble enough to admit that he does not know everything. There is nothing wrong with having to look for the correct answer rather than guessing or making something up.

    Another thought:
    Most religions pretend to know all the answers about God. Some would even kill for something they know little or nothing about.

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  14. AnonymousJuly 21, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    i can't agree with this, as I obviously know better than that.

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  15. JaneneJuly 21, 2011 at 2:06 PM

    Amen! You really nailed it on the head, NP.

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  16. earliedJuly 22, 2011 at 2:35 AM

    simply accurate...people who think they know everything know so little

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  17. COUNT SNEAKYJuly 24, 2011 at 5:14 PM

    Good one. Once I realized how little I knew ( or how little I could get away with...) I decided to use this smidgeon of
    knowledge to realize how fortunate I really was to have been born in this time, country, and culture. It worked.

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  18. surjit singhJuly 25, 2011 at 10:43 PM

    Truthful words...Thanks for sharing.

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  19. AnonymousJuly 26, 2011 at 11:07 AM

    AND pretending to NOT know what it Does.

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  20. DavidJuly 26, 2011 at 2:08 PM

    Why are we driven to do it? What do we lose by doing it? What do we gain - safety from the dark?

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  21. AnonymousJuly 27, 2011 at 7:15 PM

    Oh, Marty, once again you are so right!

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