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Bernardo de La Paz

(59,499 posts)
1. Known as "rapier wit" (ref a kind of very sharp sword). Could do the same about citizen voters. . . . nt
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 03:57 PM
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SWBTATTReg

(25,753 posts)
2. The saying itself, "the more I know, the less I understand." could be applied to every field, every branch of
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 03:57 PM
Oct 4

knowledge known to mankind. The more one knows, the less is known, as one becomes aware of yet more that there is to know, that they don't know. Sounds like a trait of the Universe, eh?

Beartracks

(14,152 posts)
3. As the sphere of knowledge expands, the surface area of the unknown grows exponentially.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 04:04 PM
Oct 4


Well, I *think* it would be exponential. I didn't do any math.

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