I seriously think we are seeing the beginning of America seperating into two or three countries.

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235. You know....

Admitting that you don't know everything is the beginning of wisdom.

Something a (good) college education should teach you is that you don't know sh**. It sure taught me that, and I am a senior at the moment running a 4.0 at a state university with over 150 semester credit hours. Though, I suspect recognizing that I don't know everything is part of the reason I have a 4.0. My peers often tell me that I am "so smart", and my response to them is always "No, I'm not."

The fact is, most people don't know much about most subjects. The ones that THINK they do are usually the ones who are the biggest fools. I don't know if you have a college education, but if you do, and you never figured that out, then I'm sorry for you.

I used to think I understood economics. Had an opinion on everything economics related. By the time I had 9 undergrad credits in economics, I didn't have much of an opinion anymore. Why? I learned I didn't know nearly as much as I thought about the scarcity of resources and the allocation of said resources among unlimited wants.

Nice little phrases like "Buy american!" sound good. The fact is.... It's. Not. That. Simple.

A good natural science education should do the same. At my university, professors made sure to point out common misconceptions in peoples everyday understanding of the world around them. After taking those classes, I felt like a complete idiot because I thought I understood the most simple of natural processes.... The fact is, I didn't.

Trying to take complex issues and solve them with simple little solutions is the biggest mistake a person (or group) can make. Trying to take complex issues and reach simple understandings of said issues is also a mistake.

Most people who make it through undergrad have only touched the surface of their majors. I wouldn't say most people truly understand a field of study until they reach the PhD level, with few exceptions.

Anyway, I often wonder how people who have never intensely studied certain fields can claim to know so much about them. Perhaps that should be the definition of a fool. The fact is, my original claim holds true. Most people don't know much about anything, and that includes me.