[外刊] 为什么学问越高的人,越觉得自己无知?
The Victorian geologist Charles Lyell once wrote that there is an inevitable discomfort that comes when approaching the vast unknowns of the universe, describing a "painful sense of our incapacity to conceive a plan of such infinite extent". In other words, he was suggesting that the more we learn, the more we become aware of our true insignificance and how little we know. "
简单粗暴:
妙译:
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
2. ignorance: n.无知
哲学家“对所有事情一无所知”的这种终极状态,也让我想到了邓宁-克鲁格效应:
图中曲线描述了能力和自信之间的关系:
1. 当自己一无所知,但又极其自信时,你正处在 “peak of mount stupid”(愚昧之巅);
2. 随着能力的累积,认识到自己的无知,自信会瞬间崩塌,进入“valley of despir”(绝望的低谷);
3. 随着本事进一步累积,自信也慢慢升高,这时你就处在“slope of enlightment”(开悟之坡)上了;
4. 当能力达到很高,又很有自信之时,你就处于“plateau of sustainablity”(可持续发展的高原)的阶段了。
1. 不知道自己不知道(愚昧)
2. 知道自己不知道(拐点)
3. 知道自己知道(开悟)
4. 不知道自己知道(大师)
侃哥昨天为大家精讲的这篇文章,给你带来什么启发呢?
你还知道哪些人生哲理呢?
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