He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool; shun him He who knows not, and knows he knows not, is a student; teach him He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep; wake him He who knows, and knows that he knows, is wise; follow him
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Arabic proverb. My father shared with me, he is wise!

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I don't know if I agree with the last one. I thought, the wise people would say, the more they know, the more they find out that they don't know anything.
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Realization of how much we “don’t know that we don’t know” is indeed something that comes with knowledge. My interpretation is that the wise know what they know in addition to what they don’t know. Whereas the foolish believe they know everything.
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While I agree with your sentiment, shouldn't that person have looked you up instead of saying they had no idea who you were? It'd be 1 thing if they said it in person, but they had the chance to google you & chose not to do it.
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They did it because they wanted to be honest about it. She literally says "Needed to be upfront about that"
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If I were that person, I'd have had to say "I didn't know who that person you're talking about was, so I had to look him up." I don't have a problem w/ their honesty, just their laziness.
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When you're in the middle of a conversation with someone it would be rude to go googling. That's not lazy, it's considerate. Just looking him up real quick doesn't count anyway.
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If it's a face to face/in person convo, then I agree. But, to me, when you're replying w/ a text/email that you don't know something/someone, just take a little time before replying. It shows me they'd care to know something.
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I’m with you. I get that she was being up front and *maybe* didn’t have the time to look it up, but it only takes 10 seconds. My mom was a teacher, though, and she ingrained in me to look things up that I didn’t know, to not simply wait for help.
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I'd rather someone tell me the truth. For one thing, it proves they're not a bs'ing pretending know it all. I can quickly google Pi, and spout off something to do with it and make it sound like I know about it. But that isn't genuine, nor does it mean I know diddly about it.
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I always thought, "I don't know" was the beginning of wisdom, not the heights of ignorance.
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But sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between I don't know and I don't want to know!
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I dont know, give me a few to look this up. I dont know, Im going to stop because I dont want to know.
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Consider how many people you meet who refuse to learn. Then consider the people who admit they dont know everything but try to learn more.
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Agreed. When you're mean/pompous to someone for not knowing, you close them off to every wanting to learn in the future
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Good point. I need to be better about that, but WHO DOESNT KNOW WHO NEIL deGRASSE TYSON IS?!?
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Tbh I did not know much about
@neiltyson until last year (I'm 23). Maybe its my age, or interests at the time, or where i live, idk. But I wouldn't shut someone down cuz of it... just explain and show some short youtube clips. They might end up becoming an avid fan cuz of it -
Agreed. I don't think a relationship in which partners share identical interests would have the same potential as one where interests diverge.pic.twitter.com/N3euMWxEhC
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Very true. I waited till I was 40 before I got married, so I may be a little stuck in my ways. However, I married a man that politically we are quite different. Normally, I want to smash his face in, but he’s kind and loving and for some odd reason it just works.
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