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Ignorance: The Path to KNowledge | Vipin Ramdas | TEDxEMUniversity


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a much another coincidence I must thank
the Almighty for blended reading because
the question that was posted that video
is exactly the same question which
annoyed me when I was a child and I’m
sure in the night many of you what
person was sounded what you want to be
when you grow up
trust me it annoyed me so much when my
family’s got together and someone who
got up to me and say what now unlike
something smart answers that we
mentioned we were searching I tried very
hard really hard but the best answer
I’ve come up with was I don’t know as
much as I was annoyed with this question
so many years later today as a father of
two boys I asked my son’s the same two
questions and should they come up with
some really crazy answers the white hole
that I’m trying to make is that right
from the time we are kids we are going
to believe that we need to have answers
to all questions if you have the answers
to that mix believe then you will be
seen as smart intelligent and you’ve
been a statement society not having an
answer is seen as a weakness and all the
strength now I’m not trying to advocate
that hope you go out there and sort by
thing I don’t know in your examination
obviously that’s what what hit you very
hard when the kind of questions are
talking about are not worth having
mathematical or scientific questions I’m
talking about far evil and questions
that come on in life we do understand
except that not knowing an answer
is completely accessible I mean ignorant
his part of who we are as humans one of
the things that I have noticed about
this generation defuse myself is that we
had made conclusions about this and he
assumed that we know everything about
everything thanks to the internet
information is easily available and the
click of a button we get access to all
the information it’s not so bad that my
ten-year-old son believes everything
that Google tells them is true we have
no problem trusting
Google with a diagnosis but mantras our
own doctor now this easy access to
information what it has done it has
confused us and we have not able to
distinguish between what I call
information knowledge and actually
knowing some you see information is
merely a presentation of facts
observations and things it becomes
knowledge when you read these
observations together and bind them to a
thread of logic
now knowing is something which is very
different than knowledge you actually
get to know something when you
experience it yourself and through that
experience you come across many
questions and answers to these questions
so if you have really observe small
children you will see that they are full
of wonders there’s a lot of curiosity in
them they’re always asking questions and
I bought this young generation the wise
innovation to the finish line as they’re
always asking questions why don’t you go
to school why do I need to study why
come back done why can’t I pay man I
have now as
it’s really annoying and frustrating
because I – British or not do you
suppress me and it’s more annoying
because to be honest I don’t have the
answers to my son’s questions are you
same time as much as this annoying and
frustrating I do think that it’s a very
unique way of bringing opportunity of
questioning things which but enriched
properly is you and the not question I
think it enhances learning and education
offside now unfortunately as it grow up
and as a dullest somewhere down the line
we lose the sense of wonderment and
curiosity and we start making
conclusions and opinions about things
maybe trying to be an example of what
I’m trying to say my show friends please
put up your hand if you believe in God
now it really doesn’t matter if you
believe or you don’t believe in God all
of you are in the same boat why because
essentially you want the compound is
uniform your own religious spot
something which probably the best answer
or the most honest answer is this you
don’t know you see when you can do not
something you are essentially closing
doors hostilities you’re closing your
mind to new ideas you new suggestions
the word include literally means the end
so you are putting an end to your
learning new possibilities now over the
last couple of years I have been
fortunate and privileged enough to
interact with young adults like
diversity in this room and I’ve had some
observations which I want to share
what I have noticed is that all the
people that I met are extremely
confident about themselves but at the
same time many of you seem to be
confused confused about what you want to
do in your life
and here’s about what cadiz want juice
confused about what makes it to take
convinced about whether you should
pursue your passions or you should go
with what’s involved and it sent a lot
of questions a lot of confusion and
stress here’s what I want to say and the
usual is good
wise good and these are several
conclusions because with the news line
you have sold some possible when we have
reached a conclusion there are no more
hostages I think most of you are
probably a graduation here and I would
like to believe that or implement many
ATC on all of you who have we have to
figure out what is that we want to do in
life and it’s fantastic I think it’s
great to get that it was trying to find
it’s fantastic but for a lot like me was
still confused about one thing you want
to do advice I got some bad news and
some good news the bad news is that you
can never figure it out and he’s not
complete the good news however is that
it really doesn’t matter at least not
the way you think it does so fast as
exact become over the opposition one
because the confuse means your mind is
its alert it’s trying to seek answers it
means you’re alive until now something
right I was watching this interview by
the Dalai Lama I mean you have no item
or appear to be what I want for the
others is a time game threes
of the bed we learn about whether
vitamins towards the languidly means
being on ocean and llama means the boom
or teacher so if you actually interpret
activism that has big google or the
ocean of knowledge so he was wings
interview and during the question and
answer session somebody from the
audience asked him a question and he
questioned waters what is the meaning of
life now for movement the driver have a
leg back and sandwich chair and he stood
gazing on the floor as if he was
contemplating an answer after what a
business hope and welcome he lived
longer for the ordinance he leapt
forward trying to answer when we need to
understand this this question is not
simple one is question reached as a
human race we have been trying to get a
man support for ages so this was neither
live on so he not he was obviously
expecting a very profound answer from
this page to leader so he leans forward
he looks in the audience and he says I
don’t know
so if the mind of man does not draw of
the answer ladies and gentlemen we are
not it was like you and me should not
have any problem saying I don’t know
there should be absolutely no shame in
admitting that you don’t know something
in fact the moment you say I don’t know
it opens up doors to new nervous Danine
possibly is eventually to your own
growth now sometimes I was invited of my
childhood days and I was a video it
never came back to me and I was at this
person development workshop and the
trainer was not in the session and he
walks up to me and looks me straight in
the eye and he says ‘women
what he must be having on my side when I
have an occupation
after long pause I’m on time I guess
what my answer was
I still don’t know ladies and gentlemen
the last seven years of my life have
been nothing short of roller coaster
ride I had lived in uncertainty I have
lived a lot of confusion and I had lived
and it’s up appears and said that I have
taught lessons that I’ve learned in the
last seven years the first thing that I
don’t need to know all the answers the
second and very important is that the
beauty of life lies is uncertainties and
everything was certain there with
nothing to look forward to
and lastly very important is a plenty
comes when you actually mean with your
confusions consciously so here’s what
happened to leave you in today the next
time someone talks about something which
you are not sure about you don’t know
instead of taking side and saying I
believe that I don’t believe that try
being honest to yourself and that’s the way I don’t know
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