Knowledge is power

[samoth]

Don't listen when they tell you
"KNOWLEDGE IS POWER."
Knowledge, in the end, buys
only fear, isolation, and sadness.
Knowledge is darkness.
Knowledge is sitting alone
in the dark in your bedroom
listening to wonderful music that
you can't share with anyone because
no one you know has ever heard of it.
Knowledge is your girlfriend
telling you she doesn't want you to
meet her friends because they
probably wouldn't like you
because you're too clean cut.
Because you wear the wrong clothes.
("Who shops at Banana Republic
when they're 24 anyway?" she'll say.)
Because you don't worry about how
you're going to pay the rent next
month like everyone else.
Because they don't understand your
problems, and, try as you might,
you don't understand theirs either.
Because you won't understand how
anyone could enjoy ketamine.
Listen to me.
Knowledge is never fitting in.
Knowledge is being misunderstood.
Knowledge lets you see the future
for the darkness that it really is.
Should you ever want to understand
one more equation, or read one more
obscure novel, remind yourself that
every symbol you recognize and every
word you read separates you from
everyone else. One day you'll put
down the books and find yourself
in the middle of a party,
surrounded by drunk, high,
beautiful women
who don't like you because you
don't care what happened on their
favorite TV shows last night.
You're going to wish
to hell and back
that you could care,
but you can't, and they'll see it.
No matter how hard you try,
you'll always be different,
and they'll always see it.
One day you'll wish
you could give up
every clear thought,
every gorgeous understanding
you've won through
all that hard work.
You'll wish you could trade it all
just to be normal.
Just to fit in.
But you can't.
What's done is done.
And you'll have to live
with it
forever.


Written by Chroot, one of the admins of Physics Forums

 

[PBR]

knowledge seperates you from the flock....know what i mean?

 

[Scotsman]

Sounds like a very wise man.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[seizer]

Knowledge - to possess it, in any and all forms, is a privaledge. I realize that you must earn it to possess it, but not all have the ability to obtain it. It's the measure of how much closer you are to that surreal moment of clarity. I dont want to make it sound fantasy, but nothings more satisfying than being contempt with your thoughts.

 

[Spartacus]

I haven't a clue about all the drama lately
but I learned my lesson two years ago when I brought a "date" to the site
now if I do I tell them I'm samoth

 

[blut wump]

The only people worth fitting in with are those that can fit in with yourself. Anyone else is just a career opportunity facilitator or equivalent.

 

[JayC9]

The admin likes to burn one during slack time.

 

[Island Son]

"Unless one knows well about others, it is not possible to know oneself. There is the possibility of being misled in doing anything. Even if one strives along a path on a daily basis, if the spirit is misguided, it is objectively not the path of truth even if one believes it to be true. Unless one carefully examines in order to ascertain if one's path is the path of truth, the slightest initial distortion later becomes a large distortion. This should be taken to heart."

"Small men must know throughly what it is like to be big men, and big men must know what it is like to be small men. It is essential for both big men and small men to be honest and not hampered by their physical condition.
One must consider things in general with a clear and open mind. It is essential to diligently improve both knowledge and the spirit".

Musashi, the book of five rings.
Broad knowledge IS power, and communication is key.