Answer Number Ten!

10. The less I know about a subject, the more questions I ask.

FALSE. The more I know about a subject, the more questions I ask. When I know nothing about a subject, I (attempt) to suspend my own reality for the moment and simply "walk a mile in the shoes" of whomever it is that knows more than me. If I'm reading a book, I try to "be" the author. If I'm listening to someone, I try to live in their world, breathe their air, stand where they stand. I have found that if I carry my own reality into their world, I either will find their's very disjointed, or I will never hear them, only myself echoing off of them.

When I know much about a subject, I find that I know so little. What is most important about this statement is what it is that is compared. In most ventures in life, humans tend to compare themselves to one another. So, to say, "I know so little" is often taken to mean, "I know so much less than you." However, when you come to know a subject, say Geometry, you find that you are no longer comparing your depth of knowledge to that of another person, but to a truth.

And all truths are eternal. Because they belong to the one Truth. There is no truth apart from Truth.

So...there are endless questions to ask of an eternal subject, which is, as all things true are, an eternal mystery that is endlessly being solved.

Like Geometry, which speaks of God.

Practical Application: If Headless asks many questions, it is best not to patronize her with baby food, lest you rouse the anger of a sleeping giant! Roar!!!!.

posted by Headless-in-GR @ 10/27/2005 08:24:00 PM

 

Comments:

aha! this was what made me recant my first answer. This one I know is false. The rest, well, I'll look forward to your answers! yee haw!

# by:  Captainwow : 7:28 AM

 

I will probably just smile and nod and start to back away when you ask questions. Ha ha!

# by:  spookyrach : 12:11 PM

 

I got a question about geometry...
if 2 parallel lines never cross each other, how come they do on a globe?

# by:  Steve : 3:14 PM

 

Sure Steve, I know all about geometry! (Holds up hand, palm out, and points) "Here's Grand Rapids..."

# by:  Headless-in-GR : 8:09 PM

 

(I'm just teasing.)

# by:  Headless-in-GR : 8:09 PM

 

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