Bertrand Russel said in many different ways that knowledge and confidence are inversely related. Although a lot of knowledge can lead to genuine confidence, the amount that we know is tiny as compared to what is there to be known. A person immersed in the process of learning is acutely aware of the sea of ignorance that we are swimming in.
As a rule of thumb, therefore, when I begin to feel that I know much, it is usually a sign that I have been drifting away from learning. It is then time to go back to reading, a pen, and a piece of clean white paper.
Friday, February 17, 2006
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