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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI would say that this statement is spot on. I've heard many variations of this, but...
"Knowledge is not knowing what you know, but rather, it is understanding how much you don't know".
Or something like that.
It's true.
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I would say that this statement is spot on. I've heard many variations of this, but... (Original Post)
LuckyCharms
Nov 30
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There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns.
Shellback Squid
Nov 30
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unblock
(54,255 posts)1. The more you know, the more you know you don't know.
Shellback Squid
(9,138 posts)3. There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns.
Guess?
LuckyCharms
(19,219 posts)4. Rumsfeld. n/t
JoseBalow
(5,720 posts)5. I did not know that!
Niagara
(9,933 posts)6. There are things known, and things unknown, and in between are the Doors. Jim Morrison
True Dough
(20,979 posts)7. Remember...
Doc_Technical
(3,611 posts)8. Never pass up an opportunity...
..to keep your mouth shut.
True Dough
(20,979 posts)9. Exactly!
Or you may wind up with a...
Technical!
lastlib
(24,993 posts)10. "And if I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know"....
Fromm "Carry On, Wayward Son". It can be read two ways. If you are claiming to be wise, you are unaware that you don't know much. Or you ARE aware of him much you don't know, and that is the basis of wisdom. Cogitate on that....