Knowledge

[swestrup]

Knowledge is a tiny illuminated bubble in a vast sea of darkness. Its edge is the things that you know you don't know. Beyond is the vast sea of unknown unknowns. As your knowledge grows, the perimeter of the bubble expands and your questions multiply. Thus the most knowledgeable are also the most ignorant.

Comments

[angorian.livejournal.com]

I would have said the more logical conclusion is that the most knowledgeable are the most aware of their ignorance.

[swestrup]

Oh true. But in that sense we are all infinitely ignorant, and therefor the word isn't much use. So, I assumed that ignorance is knowledge that is known to be lacking.