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In reply to the discussion: Ed Norton 🧵: I'm no political pundit but I grew up w a dad who was a federal prosecutor & he taught [View all]PatSeg
(47,430 posts)the "old folks" used to tell us turned out to be true. Apparently a part of being young is to know everything and then as you grow, learn how much you don't know. In some ways I suppose I am comfortable with the "not knowing", as it leaves me so open to endless possibilities.
From a philosophical point of view, as you empty your mind of preconceived ideas and beliefs, you are making room for the new, becoming more receptive to the truth, whatever that may be. Someone once said that as soon as you try to define something, you deny it. That was undoubtedly in regard to god or supreme beings.
So we start out knowing nothing, spend a lifetime learning so we can reach a point where we can acknowledge that we know nothing. Seems rather like a cruel joke, I suppose, except I don't think we really start out knowing nothing. There is a certain wisdom in the very young that gets lost in the "learning" process. I think that is why so often people yearn for their youth.