Knowledge is power! And the hunger for knowledge should be never ending. Thomas Huxley suggested, ‘Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.’
Some would like to know something about everything and some may believe in knowing everything about something!
I think, both are practically impossible, as the depth and breadth of information available today is boundless and bottomless. Is it humanly possible to follow either of the suggestions?
Some brilliant folks might still achieve the impossible but then how will they respond to this thought from Thomas Edison ‘We don’t know a millionth of 1% about anything!
Linking this to Write Tribe’s 100 Words on Saturday Prompt – a quote from Thomas Huxley
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The philosophies of Mr. Huxley and Mr. Edison do seem to be at odds, don’t they!
Solid food for thought there, Shilpa! ♥
This is so appropriate today as I was in the middle of writing my post about experts – when this popped up!
Love that Thomas Edison quote!
Hmm, not sure if we can actually learns something about everything…makes me think of Jack of all trades but master or none. Definitely something to think about…
There is truly so much to learn, that’s hard to be an expert or to know it all. But that shouldn’t stop us from trying to learn as much as we can.
hmm! A thought to ponder upon.
Knowing something about everything or knowing everything about something….which side do I bend to.
It’s good that we don’t know everything.
Too much knowledge can make us go crazy.
And yes, in an MCQ exam, excessive knowledge just makes two options seem like the right answer! :p
Wonderful thought
Great post, may we always be humble and be open to new knowledge, new idea, new ways of seeing things…
A thought provoking post. Whereas it is difficult to know everything of something, at the same time it is dangerous to have a half baked knowledge. Jack of all trades and master of none is also redundant in the present state of affairs.
Actually we can’t learn anything about anything because everything is MAYA 😛 😛
Destination Infinity
You are absolutely correct. Tamil female poet, Avvayaar, who lived in the First Century CE said: Katrathu Kai Mann Alavu, Kallathathu Ulagalavu. (Translation: What you have learned is a mere handful; What you haven’t learned is the size of the world)
it definitely is impossible.. and also I would prefer to know everything about SOMEthing .. rather than know something about everything ..
Bikram’s
Well said and that’s food for through.
I meant *food for thought! 😀
I don’t think it’s possible to learn everything about even one thing…I like knowing something about everything… it’s more interesting 🙂