From: maedhros@yabbs
To: Badger01@yabbs
Subject: re: Just a thought...
Date: Mon Jun 20 13:44:37 1994

In message Just a thought..., Badger01 said:
> I can be sure of, nothing I have felt that cannot be mistaken, nothing 
> that I have read that cannot be a lie. Perhaps the world is flat. I don't 
> have the knowledge to truly say. I know absolutely nothing.
> 
> And therefore, I finally found a kernel of wisdom to call my own.
> Or at least one I can steal from the greeks like so many before me.

No insult intended, but I'm not sure I'd call that wisdom.  Are you sure
Socrates didn't mean "Never assume you know everything, or you'll be
incapable of learning" as opposed to "you're hopelessly ignorant and will
remain feebleminded till death".  How long could our world support itself
if everyone decided they knew nothing and just sat down contemplating
their own feebleness?  

Well, all the scientist would've went home long ago, so you wouldn't be
here.  In fact, all the inventors would've given up as well so you
wouldn't have anything to plug your machine into anyway.  

The point is, all these great philosophers who've ruminated on the
stupidity of humanity have done so with the patronage of those who are
willing to learn and work with the faculties they possess.

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