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[livejournal.com profile] aelisdeliria lent me a book, called _Welcome to the Ark_, by Stephanie S. Tolan. It's... captivating. I _must_ own this book.

The reason I'm writing right now is a quote which I had to share...

"How smart do you feel?"
"Comparatively?"
"No. Just you yourself. How smart do you really feel?"
"Truth?"
"Of course, truth!"
"I've spent my whole life trying not to know how scary it was to have people call me the smartest kid in the world. Because I don't know anything."


*shiver* Yeah. Not to that degree, but yeah.

Re: not very smart?

Date: 2004-07-11 08:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bridgetester.livejournal.com
Oh n *cuts off suddenly*

(Oh nos! Now where will you get/share your same ideas?)

Date: 2004-07-12 07:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wispfox.livejournal.com
...

*looks around in a shifty-eyed manner*

*puts the brains back in a very quick movement, hoping no one noticed*

Date: 2004-07-12 10:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bridgetester.livejournal.com
os! *blinks* What did you just do? That was weird...

Date: 2004-07-13 02:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wispfox.livejournal.com
*licks lips*

Nuuuuffin...

Date: 2004-07-13 04:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bridgetester.livejournal.com
Oh.

So as I was saying... Socrates' view of knowledge (knowing that you are ignorant) relates strongly to the earlier quote of "I don't know anything".

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