What is meant by the term "useless knowledge"?

Question

I have always believed that all knowledge is useful sooner or later ,to someone, at sometime. Is this another term for trivia, perhaps? Or was someone making up a term to insult another who perhaps seemed to "know" to much?

Answer 1

usually that term refers to random facts...like no word rhymes with orange...not exactly knowlege we use everyday...like look both ways before u cross the street.

Answer 2

I believe useless knowledge is a great phrase.

I learned many algebraic equations in high school, college and graduate school as part of many interesting courses.

However, when I stood at the bedside of my mother after I had her in my home with home hospice for 2 kinds of cancer, I had to say my final goodbye with love and with the understanding that the wonderful nurses from home hospice taught me.

That's when it's so ironic - all of the equations were important at the time, but when facing death it is useless knowledge. They can't help you face saying the final goodbye, or with all else that comes from losing my mother.
I wish I could call to her again, and I miss her still and it's almost 5 years. She helped me face the death of my first child when I thought I was going to die of a broken heart.

The knowledge is useful to get your complete education, but compared to human emotion it is useless knowledge. To everything there is a time.

I hope this helps you understand, and put life in perspective.

GOD bless us always.
MBA-Boston Univ.
CPA-retired

Answer 3

You are right. There really is no such thing as useless knowledge. Sometimes it's really only trivia, but still can be useful in a quiz. Like 'How many 'i's in Mississippi? What is John Wayne's real name? What's the name of George Bush's dog?' Stuff like that.
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Answer 4

I actually worked in a dairy processing factory, We made Ice cream for Baskin Robins and Bluebunny, and we made cheese for Kraft, then for about a month we would make Cheese for the Government, that was part of the programs that help low income families. It was produced at a much higher standard than ordinary cheese, everything about the process was exact, It is actually extremely good, I do not know if they still do that. it was 20 years ago.

Answer 5

Knowledge that has no practical value, such as math, history, geography, the arts, or science. The kinda stuff they print in the Hollywood tabloids in the grocery stores is useless knowledge. Or as you mentioned, trivia.

Answer 6

I would say that it is trivia. We all have these little snippets of information in our brains that really don't mean anything to us or anyone else. They are just things that you pick up in your day to day living and learning. At one time, I could name all of the Greek gods and what their symbol was. Is this important knowledge, no, but it is knowledge nonetheless, just useless knowledge.

Answer 7

i think like you. "useless knowledge" is a term made up to make people who don't know a lot feel better about themselves by convincing themselves that since what someone may know isn't immediately useful in everyday life; that way they don't have to lower their own self esteem.

Answer 8

Frogs can breathe out their butts. Sounds pretty useless to me, or did I just give it a use answering your question?

Answer 9

Honestly, knowlegde is knowlegde. It's useless depending on the situation. So, simply saying, it's just to "insult" one who has too much knowlegde as you said.