RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil?
February 17, 2017 at 6:34 pm
(This post was last modified: February 17, 2017 at 6:35 pm by Won2blv.)
(February 17, 2017 at 4:38 am)Aoi Magi Wrote: Knowledge is what allows us to recognize and fix evil. Gaps-of-knowledge or ignorance is the root of evil.
Chimps, heck even pigeons fight and do a whole lot of bad things. All animals do, no matter how primitive they might be, they act on their instincts, which as we all know, isn't always a good thing. We humans get to control our instincts because of our knowledge of possible repercussions.
Terrorists don't commit those atrocities due to some supreme knowledge, rather they do so due to their ignorance which prevents them from realizing the truth which most other humans do. Ignorance leads to fear, while knowledge empowers us.
Would you agree that the ignorance is based in some kind of "knowledge."
I am not saying that just because someone thinks its true, makes it true. I am saying that humans have brains that are prediction machines. Like google. And like google, the algorithm could be skewed to produce false results that would be perceived as the most accurate.
So again, I am not saying that we should question whether or not the sky is blue, its when someone says, the sky is blue, blue is my favorite color, therefore, I will win the lottery tomorrow.
Our cognitive ability allows us to make hypotheticals. Then when we see the hypothetical play out, it reinforces our original theory, or it is evidence against. When I say knowledge is evil, is when humans take those hypotheticals and make them prophecies in their mind. When a prophecy does not come true, the believer in it doesn't easily just let go. They find ways to justify their prophecy and sometimes they justify that it was someone else fault, therefore they are now justified to act in an evil way, for a greater good.
