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Poor choice of title: the article doesn't fulfill the promise. It's hard to discuss this article because of this large discrepancy. Does anyone even want to b
by hasbot 3y ago
Poor choice of title: the article doesn't fulfill the promise. It's hard to discuss this article because of this large discrepancy.
Does anyone even want to be a know-it-all? While I'd like to be knowledgeable in more topics I know that if I read/study topics that I'm not thoroughly interested in I won't retain the information. So I'm content knowing what I know.
- HKH2 3y agoIt seems it's often not expressed well to children that there are hard limits to knowledge and potential. Maybe that might seem defeatist, but it seems that to children it is often unthinkable that adults don't usually have everything sorted. There is always a balance that needs to be found.
- thc-27182 3y agoEh I like young people to be naive. Sometimes people can solve things because they didn't know they weren't supposed to be unable to. https://bigthink.com/high-culture/george-dantzig-real-will-hunting/ https://bigthink.com/high-culture/george-dantzig-real-will-h...
- piloto_ciego 3y agoThose limits exist but they’re certainly not hard and they are seldom permanent outside of brain and cognitive impairments.