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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-08-07 10:33 PM
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36. No, I think it is the appropriate word
:hi:

My grad advisor once spoke of our knowledge as a circle - and that a small circle had a small circumference (that of which we might become aware that we did not know) - and that as our knowledge grew the circle grew and the circumference (the border of awareness of what it is we didn't know) grew as well. Hence my point of ignorance of ignorance (not being aware of that which we are ignorant) being important.

Just hoping that folks recognize that to some - the new awareness of what is common knowledge to others - is actually a great place for expanding awareness. Hopefully we all have an expanding circumference and thus an expanding range of what we are not yet aware of - but that is on the boundary of what we can understand/learn/no but of which we are currently ignorant.

Your hyped up- just caught me while I am still appreciating new insight/knowledge. As long as we can both appreciate those situational positions - than all is well :D :hi:
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