Is a little knowledge a dangerous thing?
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You bet!  Look at George Bush!
767330
Yes, if they tell you, otherwise it is dangerous to make guesses or judgements based on opinion and conjecture.
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Yes - and unlike many others, I wouldn't change things, or be born with all the knowledge I have already.  May be boring, but life is about learning, and we learn my making mistakes.  Take my 1 year old twins for example.  They are learning to stand on their own.  Should I hold them constantly, always afraid their hurt their tush if they fall?  Nope, they would never learn to stand on their own if I did that.  Yes, they fall and hurt themselves (or their pride) and cry, but then they get cuddled and praised for their efforts and they try again.  Same with life.  Gotta take the good with the bad, gotta learn all you can, even if that means learning from your mistakes and passing on your knowledge to the next generation.  Life is what you make of it, not what's handed to you.
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There is an evolutionary advantage to fearing the unknown... or at least being prudent when encountering something unknown. Knowledge is safety... it allows you to discern whether something is dangerous or not. An "unknown" is something that could potentially kill you. In prehistoric times, an instinctive fear of the unknown would keep a child safe inside the cave at night away from the saber-toothed tigers - hence, this gene trait would continue to be passed on.
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Yeah, hes saying we don't know half as much as we think we do. or in his case a millionth of 1%. Even if we are generally smarter then average, there is still so much that person doesn't know. Every person knows a lot about hteir lives, and other people around the globe know about their neck of the woods and so on. The limit to knowledge in the world is inmeasurable. I think I made that word up....but it sounds good.
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Add knowledge. Subtract ignorance.
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People can break into your car and steal your stuff....but an education is something noone can take from you.  Knowledge is an intangible asset that will never decay.
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Yes, in all areas. An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. I don't remember who originally said that but it has a lot of truth in it. Educating someone on Alcohol, drugs, std, or whatever it may be will in the long run allow someone to make better decisions, and fewer mistakes. \n\nInterventions often fail because those being intervened upon are usually not ready to stop doing what they have done already to warrant it. It has to be something they want to do to be able to stop.
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Knowledge is nothing if you don't put it to use.\nWillingness means nothing if you don't do something.
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Only few years ago it was introduced in some of the countries at high school level, to prevent unwanted pregnancy and heart burns cause because of the lack of knowledge.\n\nBut is it essential is a toss up.\n\nHowever no knowledge is waste of time. The more correct/accurate knowledge is more important then street knowledge which may be in correct.\n\nGood accurate knowledge will prevent deceases and miss understanding also.
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No it isn't at all.  Someone saying that it is just wants to scare you.  Don't buy into that...educate yourself!
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Nice generalisation. The sharing of true facts can never harm people, But i do have to kind of agree with you on the reason some of the questions are asked. I would hope that people use common sense and answer the more risky questions with tact and diplomacy, With knowledge comes responsibility
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Things unknown are better left unknown. Don't let your curiousity get the best of you.
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There is nothing more useful than education...and if you're not careful in here, you just might learn something!
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I'm WAY too curious of a person to be ignorant. I enjoy learning and understanding why things happen and I am constantly asking, "what if?" Definitely intelligent. If you learn about something and why it happens, you can understand it better and see a possible outcome, or different outcomes, and not be so stressed. Of course there are always things you'd like to be ignorant about, like accidentally seeing your grannie naked when you're a kid. Some things just weren't meant to be seen by young children!
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i don't think so.  i think that while it may seem like a good idea, it would leave nothing to surprise.  i like trusting my instincts when it comes to other people and take it as a learning experience.  i'm sure there are lots of things people are thinking that i don't want to know along with the things i do want to know!!
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VERY\n\nIf you learn from history you can avoid common mistakes.