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Forgetfulness

 So, I totally forgot to do a post before Monday night and I just realized that in class. So here is my supposed Monday post and later I'll post about this afternoons discussion. So, thinking back to last week we were discussing about how we want to know everything. Personally, I don't know if I want to know and understand everything. Hasn't anyone heard the saying that 'knowing too much will destroy us'? It goes something like that. There are variations of it in all different kinds of movies. That's why I don't want to know everything. Also, can you really know everything? Say you find out that you're going to get an A on your final next week. Would someone still be as motivated to study for the final knowing that they'll get an A? If not, then the person will end up with a grade lower than an A because they didn't study, thinking that they would get an A for sure. In that sense, you can't really know everything, right? I think unknowing is the best for the human race. 

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