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If anyone caught it, Prof. Bacig mentioned this yesterday in class. It's a concept that says the more knowledge you gain the more uncertain you are. How can this be? I take it to mean that as we start out in life there are many questions, or truths, that we seek answers to and explanations of. Now, for some of us the desire to know becomes a passion that leads to not only wanting to know but also to understand. I make the assumption here that you can know without understanding. For example, telling someone "I know what you're saying but I don't understand it." Or, there are some that say they know God but they don't understand him/her.
But, if you've taken the time to reflect on things you've learned and come to know, analyzing the answers, discovering either truth or falsity, you should have found that along with new knowledge and what you thought were all the answers, has actually lead to more questions, thus requiring you to seek for more answers. In the end you are no more sure than when you started, i.e. Knowledge equals uncertainty.

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: If anyone caught it, Prof. Bacig mentioned this yesterday in class. It's a concept that says the more knowledge you gain the more uncertain you are. How can this be? I take it to mean that as we start out in life there are many questions, or truths, that we seek answers to and explanations of. Now, for some of us the desire to know becomes a passion that leads to not only wanting to know but also to understand. I make the assumption here that you can know without understanding. For example, telling someone "I know what you're saying but I don't understand it." Or, there are some that say they know God but they don't understand him/her. : But, if you've taken the time to reflect on things you've learned and come to know, analyzing the answers, discovering either truth or falsity, you should have found that along with new knowledge and what you thought were all the answers, has actually lead to more questions, thus requiring you to seek for more answers. In the end you are no more sure than when you started, i.e. Knowledge equals uncertainty. :

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