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Knowing
In my mind I know that the unknown is unknowable
If I knew that I once knew what I didn't know then it
Would be known to me not unknown or unknowable
I know you are thinking I know more than I am letting
I know but what I don't know is unknown and unknowable
If it was knowable I'd know it and I would know that I
Knew it and therefore I know it could not be unknown
Nor could it be unknowable because I would know, I would
Have the knowledge of what I know, this knowledge is
Known so it can't be unknown or unknowable such is
Knowledge.
But then; on Youtube a documentary introduced a man
A knowledgeable man, a learned man who knew lots of
Stuff I didn't know him until now; he was unknown to me
Just as I was known to him. He would have been unknowable
Had I not known about Youtube. Now I know him despite
The fact I am unknowns and unknowable because I know
What I know about the 30,000 watching this video. I don't
Know any of them and they don't know me we are unknown
To each other yet our knowledge tells us that we know we exist
And therefore we have knowledge of each other so we are not
Of the unknown
This learned man, this man of known knowledge is very knowledgeable
However he is introduced as an expert in the unknown - how does that
Happen? I don't know nor do I have knowledge of the unknown that's
Why it's the unknown. There are lots of things that I know I don't know
They are unknown And unknowable. Yet this Youtube guy knows about
The unknown, he's an expert on the unknown. Now forgive me for being
A tad cynical. If this guy knows about the unknown then the unknown just
Becomes known, it's not unknowable if he has Knowledge of the unknown
But knowing about and having knowledge of the unknown means it's known
So what happens? He loses his job because being an expert on the unknown
Because he knows and reveals knowledge and facts about the unknown
making it known
am I right or am I wrong?
I just don't know
That is still unknown
And for you unknowable
Do you know what I mean?
Published 21st Feb 2018
| Edited 24th Feb 2018
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21st Feb 2018 6:53am
24th Feb 2018 6:06pm
LOL Yeah I know! :-)
thanks for the read and the witty comment - made me smile :-)))
thanks for the read and the witty comment - made me smile :-)))
21st Feb 2018 1:43pm
I know 'Bu'[t] needs a 't' in S3 L17, that's about it.
I read a scholarly article entitled ' The Known Unknown' once. The premise was the more you know and learn, the more you discover there's so much more unknown, and that which you know nothing about.
I read a scholarly article entitled ' The Known Unknown' once. The premise was the more you know and learn, the more you discover there's so much more unknown, and that which you know nothing about.
24th Feb 2018 9:04pm
thank you for the heads up - fixed :-)))))
You strike me as somebody who knows a lot about known things but; do you have the knowledge to know anything about the unknown and if you do then I know it was not unknown
it was known because you knew it :-p
You strike me as somebody who knows a lot about known things but; do you have the knowledge to know anything about the unknown and if you do then I know it was not unknown
it was known because you knew it :-p
21st Feb 2018 9:51pm
Well I know this: The % of what I know recedes with age.
I can remember knowing everything, 100%, no doubt.
As the years progressed
I discovered a few things, I knew I didn't know,
and the % began it's slow downward slide,
until today, when I look around, I discover
I don't know much of anything for sure,
for it is only my perception of what I know.
Nicely done, David.
I think! :-)
I can remember knowing everything, 100%, no doubt.
As the years progressed
I discovered a few things, I knew I didn't know,
and the % began it's slow downward slide,
until today, when I look around, I discover
I don't know much of anything for sure,
for it is only my perception of what I know.
Nicely done, David.
I think! :-)
3rd Mar 2018 5:50am
LOL - you should fashion these comments into a poem :-))))
one thing I do know - you like this poem - thank you :-)))
Huge Big hugs :-)))))))
one thing I do know - you like this poem - thank you :-)))
Huge Big hugs :-)))))))
3rd Mar 2018 12:39pm
You're right to know I like this poem.
This is getting monotonous, we're overdue for a good old blood pressure raising argument. :-))))))))
This is getting monotonous, we're overdue for a good old blood pressure raising argument. :-))))))))
22nd Feb 2018 2:44pm
Oh those ponderable unknowns =) A write of wit my dear, but then you already knew that... or did you?
Know this: I love you! <3
Know this: I love you! <3
3rd Mar 2018 5:48am
I am always full of wit and pith - when I wrote this I had lost half of my wit - so these are the musings of a half-wit :-p
Know this: I love you right back :-))))))
<3 <3 <3 <3
Know this: I love you right back :-))))))
<3 <3 <3 <3
