Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Human knowledge is small compared to what we do not know.
- In plain terms
- We know very little compared to everything there is.
- What can you take from it?
- Stay humble about what you know.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you not know?
- How does ignorance shape you?
Another view
Some domains allow for significant certainty despite overall limits.
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