Knowledge lets us know that we don't know a lot more things than we actually were aware about.So as knowledge grows it makes us realize we are more ignorant?
2007-01-05 08:06:02 · 20 answers · asked by ssss 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes. More knowledge makes you less ignorant, but more aware how ignorant you are.
2007-01-05 08:08:50 · answer #1 · answered by Alien51 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its been said that even though Einstein was one of the smartest people of our times, he did not practice personal hygiene regularly, and didnt know how to tie his shoes. I dont know if this is true but he sure didnt know what to do with a comb from the pictures Ive seen. It's great to learn, but what is better is to always admit, you have so much more TO learn. Sometimes, people get high education and forget or become ignorant to things that are really important. Fear of the unknown is much more rampant in those who "think" they know a lot. Sometimes people can study theology for years, thus thinking they know much more about God than anyone else, then, when something comes up about God that they dont know about, it is instantly "wrong" and "herasy" in their eyes. The same goes for science and medicine... Can you see how many Doctors are hell bent against natural remedies to cure illnesses? How could THEY be wrong, I mean they have a PhD and all. How do you think the scientists who believed and taught that gravity was a a force that we are pushed to the earth by, when other scientists discovered we were being pulled?
I love to learn... but I wont make the mistake of thinking I know all the answers to anything.
2007-01-05 08:18:01 · answer #2 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It makes you aware of more things you dont know, thats true but its still a broadening of knowledge, not a growth of ignorance - perhaps a growing appreciation of things that arent yet know but i wouldnt call that ignorance.
Ignorance is thinking you have all the answers because they're in your ancient story book which is never wrong because your priest said so.
2007-01-05 08:13:38 · answer #3 · answered by TRITHEMIUS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a struggle. We strive to increase our knowledge of the world around us through science, and with almost every breakthrough we learn about a new weapon to inflict our views on others. I wouldn't say that knowledge makes us more or less ignorant, but it does seem that the more we learn, when filtered through the wrong sources, the more barbaric we become.
2007-01-05 08:09:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans are knowledge seekers by nature. By realising through knowledge how ignorant we are and giving all credit to God then we are accomplishing the greatest knowledge. That is the knowledge of the Supreme.
2007-01-05 08:16:18 · answer #5 · answered by edcaimo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it makes us know we know almost nothing. The sad thingis that the willfully ignorant are the ones who are sure they know everything they need to and they insist on spreading that lack of knowledge to everyone else. Sorry, guys, but knowledge is like an infection. you can't cure it by hiding it. It needs fresh air and sunshine
2007-01-05 08:11:50 · answer #6 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowledge certainly does not make us ignorant.
It does however teach us the meaning of humility.
It opens our eyes to the fact that the universe and those in it are unbelievably complex and confirms for us that there is so much more to learn about everything and everyone in it.
2007-01-05 08:09:34 · answer #7 · answered by JC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, real knowledge is the opposite of ignorance. Fake ideas, or fads may make you feel foolish, or duped.
2007-01-05 08:08:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's defiance of desiring knowledge of truth that is not compatible with older, more common belief systems that are thousands of yeas old that causes ignorance.
2007-01-05 08:07:58 · answer #9 · answered by Cold Fart 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The wizard of OZ said to Scarecrow. There are men in universities of higher learning who do nothing but think great thoughts everyday, and they have no more brain than you have.
It is not how much we cram into our brains. It is how we filter what is put in our brain, and how we organize what is there.
Remember GIGO.
grace2u
2007-01-05 08:12:04 · answer #10 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋