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by FetusP 877 days ago
Why does knowledge we don't have matter?
2 comments

It’s still important to know you don’t know as opposed to not knowing you don’t know. In the former you have a chance of finding out.
I'm assuming this is sarcasm for the above comment
Yeah, I guess I had an intended tone without realizing it. I'm not sure I meant it to be sarcastic, but rephrasing his comment in questioning tone.

Oops

Well it matters because it's how we discover things and grow

If we say knowledge we don't know yet doesn't matter, then we will stop progressing anything.

Why go learn to bake bread, if the knowledge you don't know yet doesn't matter

Oh yeah, 100% agree and I'm going to use that bread baking analogy if its ever relevant again.

I swear I'm decent at conversation in real life, but I don't think I'm good at it online.

I don’t think you have a problem at all mate