Human knowledge advancement
There are moments in life where a revelation or reckoning occurs.
My calculations show that that the time between one revelation and the next keeps getting longer. If I plot these advancements, I get a slowly plateauing curve.
If we extrapolate from here, the rate of ‘knowing’ advancement will keep increasing, and the time between unknowns will keep getting longer.
I was assuming that after reaching the plateau I would be wiser and more knowing, but I think the process doesn't actually work like that. Sometimes when I think I have reached a level of knowledge, I realise how little I previously knew and that my data are wrong. My data are biased as they are in my head and I was ignorant.
If we extrapolate from here, the rate of ‘knowing’ advancement will keep increasing, and the time between unknowns will keep getting longer.
I was assuming that after reaching the plateau I would be wiser and more knowing, but I think the process doesn't actually work like that. Sometimes when I think I have reached a level of knowledge, I realise how little I previously knew and that my data are wrong. My data are biased as they are in my head and I was ignorant.
What is so pleasant, is that I find it pleasant that I am wrong, and I find it even more pleasant that I will continually surprise myself throughout life. What I don't so much enjoy is the fact I need to doubt everything always.

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