What we know, what we don't know, pretending to understand, trust in honesty
from Diary 2023-08-31
what we know, what we don't know, pretending to understand, trust in integrity.
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Sense of "getting it."
Sense of "I don't know."
subjective
experience
pretending to understand
Act as if you know what you feel "I don't know" feeling is a "shame" feeling.
Should be a loss in the long run, probably.
Lying and deceiving others in an attempt to look good, and then being deceived yourself.
Losing the opportunity to understand properly.
This is the loss
"Oh, I know."
I know, but I don't understand.
When you don't understand it, all you can do is quote it.
Explanations of certain concepts are similar or the same.
It's the same as [People who memorize the whole thing can't dig in.
I can't dig into it because I don't understand it.
Should all knowledge be piling up from below?
That's not true.
Time is finite.
We have to dig until we know what it is and leave something unknowable.
What to dig into and what to leave out is a personal decision.
What not to dig into
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