• DreamButt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    93·
    3 months ago

    Ah yes the paradox of knowledge. The more you learn, the more you learn how much more there is to learn

  • mortemtyrannis@lemmy.mlEnglish
    51·
    3 months ago

    Everyone is just making it up as we go along.

    Be skeptical of anyone who claims they have the answer.

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        3 months ago

        I know you’re being cheeky, but we did get an answer to what the Ultimate Question was…

        spoiler

        The Ultimate Question “What do you get when you multiply six by nine” is found by Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

        • zqwzzle@lemmy.caEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          The tainted question because the B ark landed on earth ruining the results.

    • cliffracerflyyy@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      There’s such a thing as knowledge, which qualifies you to do some Job’s better than the rest. Keep that in mind.

  • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish
    36·
    3 months ago

    I was arguing with a engineer two weeks ago about systems. I never met him before. But he had a few drinks and interrupted our conversation. And I nearly lost my shit because of how confident this guy was speaking, saying obvious things and being vague, while not saying anything at all. Like, “This system isn’t good at all! We should all follow Clean Code principles!”

    Then someone pulled me aside and said, “Go easy on the guy. He’s only been in the industry for a year.”

    And I did feel bad. But also like, my dude… You are going to wake up to realizing you know nothing about everything.

  • Yokozuna@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    3 months ago

    Coming out of my undergrad I definitely did not feel that. I think it should be relabeled to high-school and undergrad is I feel SO dumb

  • Diplomjodler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    3 months ago

    The more you know, the more you know what you don’t know. People who know nothing often think they know everything.

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        7·
        3 months ago

        My all time favorite “Stig Fact” from Top Gear is

        “They say that he knows only two things about ducks…and both of them are wrong”

        Which would arguably qualify as knowing less than nothing about ducks 😁

    • restingboredface@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      Whenever I see this quote (or others like it) I hear it read in Bill’s voice from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.

      Bill : Socrates [SOH -crates]- ’ the only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing.

      Ted: Dude, that’s us!

  • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    12·
    3 months ago

    I think it’s a general thing with highly capable persons in expert and highly intellectual domains that eventually you kinda figure out what Socrates actually meant with “All I know is that I know nothing”

    • Zetta@mander.xyzEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      I feel like that sentiment is easily reached by anyone who is curious and likes to learns, so a lot of people.

      • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        If one thinks a lot, likes to learn and, maybe more important, thinks about knowledge and learning things, that person will probably get there.

        A certain educational background probably helps but is neither required nor sufficient, IMHO.

  • Krauerking@lemy.lolEnglish
    11·
    3 months ago

    I have come to realize a PhD just means you have spent a lot of time thinking about what you are doing.

    Doesn’t mean what you are doing is smart really. Just well thought about.

  • someacnt@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    3 months ago

    I disagree. Most people seem dumb, but there are select few which are incredibly genius.

    Like, I heard of a model theorist who produces quality papers every month or so. Then there is also Andrew Wiles, who proved Fermat’s last theorem through labyrinth of Langlands. The complexity and depth of the field is just insane.

    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      basically everyone is smart about some things, and a few people end up in situations where they can apply themselves to the thing they’re smart at.