Would you rather be extremely ignorant or all knowing?

Would you rather be extremely ignorant or all knowing?

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They say ignorance is bliss.

And I find that when you know less, you are more fearless and probably less stressed out.

You tend not to overthink things.

I believe the power of knowing everything would be too much. It would be unhealthy. I don't think I'd able to handle all that knowledge and awareness.

That's just me, how about you guys?
 
All knowing seems like too much. Just think about it... you would know LITERALLY everything there is to know about everything. Not just in a mechanical way, but in every way. You would know everything about every person, place, thing, and know every possible outcome, and every possible combination, every thought, every possible thought, in it's entirety, for everything throughout existence. Nothing would ever be new. That sounds horrible. I guess ignorant is better because then at least things could be new, discoverable, exciting, and learnable.
 
I just don't think I could stand being an ignorant dumbass... though if I was, maybe I would be too stupid to realise what I was.

/shrugs
 
Adamant said:
All knowing seems like too much. Just think about it... you would know LITERALLY everything there is to know about everything. Not just in a mechanical way, but in every way. You would know everything about every person, place, thing, and know every possible outcome, and every possible combination, every thought, every possible thought, in it's entirety, for everything throughout existence. Nothing would ever be new. That sounds horrible. I guess ignorant is better because then at least things could be new, discoverable, exciting, and learnable.
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You could still have novel experiences I think. Maybe not. Hmm
 
Being all knowing would be like being Dr Manhattan and wanting to get the fuck out of earth. Would you literally know EVERYTHING? Like the position of atoms in other galaxies?
 
pugilistico said:
Being all knowing would be like being Dr Manhattan and wanting to get the fuck out of earth. Would you literally know EVERYTHING? Like the position of atoms in other galaxies?
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Yeah that's a great example.
 
biscuitsbrah said:
You can know something and not have the will power or resources to do it.
I know how to lose weight. Doesn’t mean I dont struggle
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You know A way to lose weight. Not THE way to lose weight.

Knowing everything is like infinity, it's endless.

Knowing what, why, when, and how to shape the result is next to omnipotent.

There is a respected scientific/philosophical theory that if you knew everything about every single thing you could theoretically tell the future. Knowing everything you would have the ability to know it and what it means.
 
All knowing. I'd rather have the knowledge than the complete lack of it.
 
Being ignorant and ripe for exploitation, no thank you.
 
HeffDoesWant said:
All knowing means I would know how to fix all things
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False

You'd be all knowing in a land of the ignorant. You'd know how fix things for people who wouldn't think fixing things would be an improvement. It would be a curse.
 
pugilistico said:
Being all knowing would be like being Dr Manhattan and wanting to get the fuck out of earth. Would you literally know EVERYTHING? Like the position of atoms in other galaxies?
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Basically, you a God….. who wouldn’t want to be a God?
 
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