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Stuart Firestein: The pursuit of ignorance

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Biology- In class in acquiring new knowledge is hard to understand and retain the information while trying to connect it to the past topics.I realize when I am more confident in what I have learned when I am not worrying about how to connect the other topics.

While gaining more knowledge and bringing the previous topics learned I realize I get more nervous in studying for a cumulative test or quiz when I was focused on one topic before because I am now doubting what I once knew while reviewing previous knowledge and trying to remember equations or information that I should already know.

Math- When taking a math test I am always second guessing myself because calculus is about knowing the process not the problems, I have always been use to knowing certain types of problems and while testing I doubt myself in thinking one problem was like the other. Especially in math when we are constantly learning new math processes that relate to each other in odd ways lead way to confusion because we do not review on how problems will connect from different sections/topics.

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: the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association

: acquaintance with or understanding of a science, art, or technique

: the fact or condition of being aware of something

: the range of one's information or understanding

answered to the best of my knowledge

: the fact or condition of having information or of being learned

: the sum of what is known : the body of truth, information, and principles acquired by humankind

Synonyms

Choose the Right Synonym for knowledge

learning applies to knowledge acquired especially through formal, often advanced, schooling.

erudition strongly implies the acquiring of profound, recondite, or bookish learning.

scholarship implies the possession of learning characteristic of the advanced scholar in a specialized field of study or investigation.

Example Sentences

At that time the word - With their aid, he should be able to adapt himself selectively to his culture, rejecting its evils, stupidities and irrelevances, gratefully accepting all its treasures of accumulated knowledge ... and practical wisdom. - in The knowledge of the godawful way people act (their greed, their vicarious or direct violence), and of the youth and helplessness of those who died, leads to shame ... - She has little He has devoted himself to the pursuit of She gained a thorough Did you have any science had not been narrowed down to one kind of knowledge; it meant whatever was known, and men of learning were still able to possess most of it. Aldous Huxley, "Culture and the ... ," Harold Brodkey, knowledge of fashion. knowledge. knowledge of local customs. knowledge of her intentions? New Yorker, Artificial Paradises, Mike Jay editor, Jacques Barzun, From Dawn to Decadence, See More

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Word History

Middle English knowlege, from knowlechen to acknowledge, irregular from knowen

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4

The first known use of knowledge was in the 14th century

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the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association : acquaintance with or understanding of a science, art, or technique : the fact or condition of being aware of something : the range of one's information or understanding answered to the best of my knowledge : the fact or condition of having information or of being learned : the sum of what is known : the body of truth, information, and principles acquired by humankind Choose the Right Synonym for knowledge learning applies to knowledge acquired especially through formal, often advanced, schooling.

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1. Whenever people think they are right they are stubborn/ confident in what they are saying is the truth..whether it is valid or not (arguments)

2. You can never be too sure of what you think is right or wrong...social norms...people think they are right in certain time periods but that is the ignorance of the current society for discriminating against original/unique individuals.

3. With stereotypes there is limited knowledge

-Is this knowledge shared/learned or personal?
4. The more you know the more doubt enters your thoughts.
5. Doubt makes me think of weakness--faith;doubting faith for example..."what my eyes can't see I still believe".

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fear; suspect; to call into question the truth of : to be uncertain or in doubt about... See the full definition

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fear,comfort, truth..igniting change(domino effect)

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Get comfortable with being uncomfortable | Luvvie Ajayi Jones | TED

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“We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don’t,” says poet and teacher Clint Smith. A short, powerful piece from the heart, about finding the courage to speak up against ignorance and injustice.

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Does shared knowledge increase confidence versus personal knowledge?....SELF ESTEEM???

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Shared knowledge..?

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TOK- Personal and Shared Knowledge Shared Knowledge Now as a group write a list beginning "we know......." You should find more common knowledge that you all agree on. Handout Take the Bill Roberts info on personal and shared knowledge Alternatively I may personally believe that there is no God but there is shared knowledge that atheists may have in common.

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How does knowledge affect emotion(doubt)?

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Synonyms

Choose the Right Synonym for confidence

confidence, assurance, self-possession, aplomb mean a state of mind or a manner marked by easy coolness and freedom from uncertainty, diffidence, or embarrassment.

confidence stresses faith in oneself and one's powers without any suggestion of conceit or arrogance.

assurance carries a stronger implication of certainty and may suggest arrogance or lack of objectivity in assessing one's own powers.

self-possession implies an ease or coolness under stress that reflects perfect self-control and command of one's powers.

aplomb implies a manifest self-possession in trying or challenging situations.

Examples of confidence in a Sentence

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Word History

Noun

Middle English confydence, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French confidence, borrowed from Latin confīdentia, from confīdent-, confīdens "trusting in oneself, confident" + -ia

Adjective

from attributive use of confidence entry 1

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Adjective

1849, in the meaning defined above

The first known use of confidence was in the 14th century

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a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances; faith or belief that one will act in a right, proper, or effective way; the quality or state of being certain : certitude... See the full definition

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"We know with confidence only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

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PERCEPTION