Way way back even before we were born, everyone embraced that thirst and hunger for KNOWLEDGE and that's a GIVEN! Fast forward decades after, THAT CURSE OF KNOWLEDGE. And we were reared, schooled and trained that KNOWLEDGE will help contribute towards our ultimate outcome WHICH is SUCCESS + HAPPINESS. BUT in the 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' of American author Robert Kiyosaki, he opines that KNOWING MORE DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN EARNING MORE๐๐๐
His book challenges all those conventional thinking by encouraging his readers to transcend that 'RAT RACE' mentality, a vicious cycle of working for $$$$$$$ BUT WITHOUT really achieving the true financial freedom we all always dreamt of. Veering away from this financial thread and moving over to critical thinking, I admit that through the years, I have always been that type of person WHO wants to understand the "WHY" of things๐๐๐
Admittedly, in school, I struggled with teachers WHO just passed on content BUT did well with those WHO explained the "WHY" behind things. And WHAT other discipline seeks to explain everything even the inexplicable? WHICH reminds me of a paper which states that Philosophy is more than just old books and complex theories. Instead, it's an intellectual adventure to embark on a journey of questioning and even critical thinking๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
To challenge myself [more than just playing devil's advocate], I tried to tear down fallacies LIKE these syllogistic reasonings:
EVERYTHING THAT IS RARE IS COSTLY. A GOOD CHEAP CAR IS RARE. THEREFORE, A GOOD CHEAP CAR IS COSTLY !@#$%?
Of course NOT! HOW is that possible !@#$%?
Our takeaway: Fast-forward many decades and years after, let's admit it, sometimes we [and I've been guilty of that many times] we sometimes reason out in equally flawed ways and because the conclusion DOESN'T seem absurd, it ends up going unnoticed. With all these iterations, I usually use these syllogistic arguments to demonstrate that even our rationality has its limitations. This brings me to the obvious CURSE OF KNOWLEDGE because as Robert Kiyosaki said, KNOWING MORE DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN EARNING MORE!@#$%?
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