Is knowledge the root of all evil?

[Aoi Magi]

but with the OP title in mind, those who decide what they know is absolutely true and end up clinging to false assumptions are doing so due to a lack of knowledge. So, knowledge isn't the root of all evil. That's all I am saying.

So we agree basically?

I am making the argument that we should think and reason, but never with the idea that we can truly know anything. Like for example, you know that the sky is blue. But if you woke up one day it was orange, you would have a number of options. More than likely, you would assume that there was either a physical change or something in your mind. You would not just simply say, I know the sky is blue, so it is still blue. You most certainly wouldn't say, "I am sad today, and that is why the sky is orange" You would be open to the fact that something you once knew to be true and knowledge is not knowledge anymore.

If I wake up and see an orange sky, I'd think "wow the sunrise looks beautiful".

I pretty much agree with you though

[Won2blv]

So we agree basically?

I am making the argument that we should think and reason, but never with the idea that we can truly know anything. Like for example, you know that the sky is blue. But if you woke up one day it was orange, you would have a number of options. More than likely, you would assume that there was either a physical change or something in your mind. You would not just simply say, I know the sky is blue, so it is still blue. You most certainly wouldn't say, "I am sad today, and that is why the sky is orange" You would be open to the fact that something you once knew to be true and knowledge is not knowledge anymore.

If I wake up and see an orange sky, I'd think "wow the sunrise looks beautiful".

I pretty much agree with you though

Haha, touche

[Edwardo Piet]

What's this evil thing of which you speak?

Boru informed me that it was Ben Affleck as Batman.

In all seriousness.... I'd say that torturing innocent people only and solely for pleasure without their consent is evil if anything is.

Extreme cruelty, basically.

But... more to the point: I don't think "evil" is a useful word.