As we grow up, do we increase our knowledge, or reduce on what we ignore?

Question

What do you think?

Answer 1

As we grow, we gain knowledge through observation and experience.

Answer 2

One would think that we all 'grow up' and
thereby Increase 'our' knowledge.
i beg-to-differ.
The late scholar and so-called philosopher Sir karl Popper taught that we usually or mostly learn from our mistakes.
So much so that,as i understand him,some of those who 'grow up' dont realise the mistakes they have made along the way,so to speak.Thus,and vitally,they may think that they have 'increased their knowledge' but they have not.
This is my interpretation of Sir karl's (critical) theory-and i have some taught knowledge of his work as a previous student of the history-of-Ideas,a european college course(still being taught i believe).
Possibly the "reducing on what we ignore" may be compatible or even the same as what i have just outlined,i dont really know.

Answer 3

We seem to know everything when we are in our teens. True wisdom is to know how much you don't know. It is amazing how much your parents learned in just a few years, when you yourself are a young parent, without all the answers! We don't reduce our knowlege, we reduce our pride about what we know.

Answer 4

it depend how u use that knowledge , and how much u gain from it. u can never know , unless u experience that . or someone tell u that story

Answer 5

I tend to like the idea that my knowlege increases, experience is a great teacher.

Answer 6

we increase our knowledge more

Answer 7

Actually - the older I get, the more I ignore.........or was that marriage that makes me ignore more.

Answer 8

I think we just get a bit wiser on how we apply it.