Lets say there is this job interview for a position in a new field
which you have striven towards for a long time. You are aware of your
own limitations and you know there is a lack of experience, so there
is a whole lot to learn. You realize that you cannot memorize everything
you need to before the first meeting. You want to be adequately prepared
for the process of applying for the position. Instead or trying to
cram in a lot of specific information before the designated appointment,
it might make more sense to just be aware of your weaknesses so you
can know what to concentrate on. Then study terminology, quick synapses
to get an outline of those areas to review.
Knowing what you don't know also is about leaning more about yourself.
We can learn through other people by noticing how they react to us.
A village in New Guinea uses the word Mokita to describe that which
is unspoken. This can imply a hidden truth, or a denied truth. Often
there are things about ourselves that we
suppress, that others talk about, but won't tell us. People will give
you subtle clues to the things that they won't express in a social
setting. Its like when you have bad breath and no one tells you. You
don't realize it until you see a reaction from someone who sniffs
or a child tells you. The bluntness of a child trumps all the social
morays that we have established. If you want to know the truth about
yourself, hang around kids. Some people will become self-conscious
of a certain trait they posses if they see it in you. We are mirrors
that reflect others, but we can also see others things that remind
us of ourselves. On a more subtle basis, the key is to look for the
hidden symbolic meaning and using them as insights to know what is
unspoken
If you have a deadline sometimes just studying briefly in those areas
to understand the terminology, doing a tutorial or reading the chapter
heads of a book and just being cognizant of all the places where there
might be gaps in your knowledge can be more effective than any other
preparatory method. You already know what you don't know and can use
KWYDK to see beyond the ego and look for the clues availed in the
mysteries of life. As we grow the human consciousness has to recognize
the ego and the soul to find the pure truth.
Whether truths come in the form of hypothesis, theories or theorems
and laws every truth should be debatable. KWYDK is the concept that
to be truly wise is to know the areas where you lack knowledge. Recognize
the areas of uncertainty to establish veracity of the truth. People
talk on different levels of meaning there is the superficial level
and the deeper level. The trick is recognizing the difference.
Know What You Don't Know
KWYDK basically means to be aware of the areas where knowledge
is lacking. This website is an effort to discover the next great
unknown truths through a wiki social consciousness. Throughout our
existence each era constructs scientific tenets which help form
the societal belief systems of the time. When innovative theoreticians
question the pillars supporting the architecture of the current
of scientific dogma they can expand the perspective of the community
mind. Knocking down the foundations of
existing wisdom can also cause defensive reactions because people
build their personal world views partially based on intellectual
constructs of the world we live in. The above recitation demonstrating
evolving ideas is a good example of the concept of KWYDK
showing innovators who confront commonly held beliefs to allow all
of us to know that which we don't yet know.
At this website you can post new theories, blog about subjects
and chat with others to discuss what we don't know. We are the psychosocial
products of our belief systems which are based on current scientific
theories, religious perspectives and personal philosophies, but
to truly know what we don't know means that everything is debatable,
and we must be open to searching for that which might still remain
outside the currently structured framework that make up our view
of what is real.
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