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Post by Tamrin on Feb 28, 2011 6:17:24 GMT 10
Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know
Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity
Michel de Montaigne (Born this day 1533)
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Post by Tamrin on Mar 8, 2011 5:52:11 GMT 10
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man
Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have Been cocksure of many things that were not so
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (Born this day 1841)
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant
Henry Ward Beecher (Died this day 1887)
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Post by Tamrin on Mar 19, 2011 9:53:15 GMT 10
All that we don’t know is astonishing. Even more astonishing is what passes for knowing
Philip Roth (Born this day 1933)
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Post by Tamrin on Apr 19, 2011 7:45:25 GMT 10
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science
Charles Darwin (Died this day 1882)
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Post by Tamrin on May 9, 2011 7:06:48 GMT 10
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Post by Tamrin on Jul 8, 2011 6:50:03 GMT 10
The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance
Percy Bysshe Shelley (Died this day 1822)
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Post by Tamrin on Jul 30, 2011 9:31:03 GMT 10
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance
Thomas Sowell (Born this day 1930)
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Post by Tamrin on Aug 16, 2011 6:53:47 GMT 10
To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools
Jean de La Bruyère (Born this day 1645)
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If, when you are first handed the latest work of one whom you suspect to be your literary superior, you feel that it would be effrontery for you to criticize it, do not decline to do so. Remember that no qualifications are necessary for a Literary Critic, and that this is the Day of the Little Man, when the more insignificant you are, and the more valueless your opinions, the greater will be your chance of obtaining a hearing Georgette Heyer (Born this day 1902)
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Post by huw on Sept 17, 2011 12:26:38 GMT 10
Okay already, quit talking to yourself!
But yes, I've witnessed this phenomenon many times in masonry. And out of it.
H. G. W.,
Huw
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Post by Tamrin on Sept 17, 2011 14:27:49 GMT 10
Welcome Huw,I read an insightful paper of yours, Why do we Bother?, into which I read something akin to the Dunning-Kruger effect, whereby those who have not fully memorized the ritual sometimes doubt if those who have understand its meaning!? I agree with you on this matter. While there may not be an exact correlation, I would normally expect someone who knows the ritual by heart to have a deeper understanding of it than someone who doesn't. That said, the Art of Memory is growing faint in this age and perhaps we must make do with what we have.
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