"Do you know what you know?
Do you know what you don't know?
Do you don't know what you know?
Do you don't know what you don't know?"
This quote with use of few words but with deep sense of philosophy changes the depth of the understanding of the things that happen in our life.
I felt the last sentence "Do you don't know what you don't know?" is the most difficult of the situation one could face and realizing that what effects it had on our lives.In this age of vast amounts of knowledge and google, I am quite sure that like me ,many of us still don't know what we don't know.It does sound scary thinking of how our past deeds with our minuscule knowledge and ignorance have effected the way our lives run.
Alas this simple quote humbles the humans grandeur and pseudo security of how much we know and throws us to the ground from that pedestal we created, trumpeting ourselves about advancement in technology.
As an afterthought,I am still wondering what should I do to face the final question and answer it as yes.I am pretty much sure the answer would always be no forever.Life is a big mystery and full of surprises.
2 comments:
hi...thats an interesting thought...here is another way of looking at it...read the four questions in reverse order, and what emerges is what i prefer to look at as the four milestones on the journey out of ignorance...
initially, we don't know what we don't know, it takes an event or an enlightened soul to tell us what we don't know.Then, as we put in the effort to learn, we begin to lose our misconceptions about what we know.In the third stage, we realize that what we know is merely a drop in the ocean and there is a great deal more to learn. Finally, as we keep learning, we come to fully understand and internalize what we have learnt, and begin to appreciate it's beauty and profundity. That's the state we all should be aiming for.
or you can leave it to Fatboy Slim to answer that question...
"They know what is what,
But they don't know what is what,
They just strut – What the f*ck?"
-Star 69: Fatboy Slim
~ Chinsi
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