knowing everything
By erjn
@erjnsimon (1191)
Makati, Philippines
April 4, 2012 4:42am CST
Did you ever imagine or dream of being a person who knows everything? I am still in college and i am taking up computer engineering because i want to know more about computers. That is my basic reason why i chose it. However, sometimes, when i read some products like medicines, foods, drinks ' ingredients there are unknown terms that i do not know, most likely chemicals, so sometimes, it crosses my mind that i want to to chemistry courses , but i don't want courses which requires a high memorizing capability same with being a doctor. I want to know all the medical terms of diseases because sometimes when i hear these terms, i think that the intelligent one only know this. However being a doctor is not my type, i hate to see wounds and flesh. :) . I just think, there are remedies that can be done just by reading but reading about those types is not my type again because i only choose limited type of books to read. If all about computers, i am willing to read. That is the proof of what i like most. But don't you think that knowing everything is amazing? Let us call ourselves a genius even though we are not born to be. :)
9 responses
@Cactus2010 (167)
• India
6 Apr 12
For knowing everything, you have to be God. So while you may know a great deal about your subject (which you must try to do), it still remains a drop in the vast ocean of knowledge.
@MyLifez (54)
• United States
5 Apr 12
You sound like a cerebral person; one who has a great capacity for intellectual appreciation of many things. It is possibly the sign of a very creative mind and there is nothing wrong with that if you can learn how to harness and channel that creativity into productive pursuits. I have an IT background also and I like the medical field too. HTML, CSS, etc. are all cool, but so is chemistry and anatomy & physiology, immunology, to name a few. Computer software and hardware are complex but so is the human body. Maybe that is the appeal...
IT is a great field with a lot of opportunities and a lot of money to be made! I would encourage you to continue with it if you really like it. There is nothing wrong with reading and learning about other subjects in your spare time. You never know when that might come in handy. Maybe you can eventually get an IT job in a hospital!
@obe212003 (2299)
• Philippines
4 Apr 12
Keeping a persistent initiative to know more about everything would surely be of advantage, but it takes a lot of hard work and sustained effort in doing so. Being knowledgeable on a lot of things is quite an advantage and would create a very positive impression on others.
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
4 Apr 12
I guess to some if given a choice they would want to know everything. But I think there is no person/individual that would be given that privileged because as I understand it everyone had each own limits and weaknesses. Yes, we can say we may learn more if we put our mind to it and do everything just to have knowledge on what you want to achieve, but I guess up to a certain point only. There must be other person who knows beyond that point that you have not learned.I mean we can be an expert in a specific areas and there are people who are expert in other areas wherein we have little know how.
@succeednow (1633)
• Singapore
4 Apr 12
Hi erjnsimon,
It's not possible to know everything even if you're a genius. It's possible to know a bit of a lot of things but not everything. It also possible to know a certain subject in great depth but then again you cannot know evrything there is to know of this subject. My take on this would be to learn enough so that I can know where to look for answers or solutions if I so require it. I do not want to bog or overload my mind with memorising all kinds of stuff. Knowing where to look for answers and understanding them will be good enough for me.
@cearn25 (3456)
• Philippines
4 Apr 12
It would be very fantastic if I am a type of person who knows everything. I did wanted to be like that. I was inspired by those people whom I meet who are very intelligent. I was eager to know everything from science to history. However, I think I am not good enough. I can't do it. My brain can't absorb them all and it is kind of tiring to push myself into it. Thus, I have realized that I will just focus on things which I am passionate of and I think I haven't found that. I am still searching.
@lynboobsy11 (11343)
• Philippines
4 Apr 12
It is nice idea to know everything specially if you are parents and it is very usefull to everybody. But you can't force your self to know everything in such a short of time. To know more everything ussually it came from experience shared by the others and study. Since you said you don't want to read books about medicine but your interested with the sunject, try to talk to some friends that you knew who took up medicine they can share you some ideas you want to know. I know as a mother I can say I know more things specially work of a man. I just learned it from my father who is all around in the house. And everytime he fixes something even electric I watch him and I learn a lot from him. Experience is the best way to learn things specially when your in the situation that you have nothing to help you but you have to do it. I'm a single mom and I have no one will help me so I have to learn more so we can survive.
@craziestqueenever (1819)
• Philippines
4 Apr 12
I had an know-everything-attitude when I was young. I'm the type of person who keep on saying that I know more about them. I feel so superior with others. Then, One day, It came into my mind that because of that attitude, I was not able to learn what I need to learn.
It's amazing that you know everything, I mean there's nothing wrong with that. But we should inculcate into our mind that one must humble themselves.
@dazzledlady (1618)
• Philippines
4 Apr 12
To have vast knowledge oncany area would really be good like if you were a geneius. But I did not dream of being so knowledgeable to capable of knowing everything. If you know everything, it will take away the chance to explore, the good feeling of discovery and the excitement of living life. If you know everything, you might end up like a worrisome guy. Worrying of the things to happen because of what is done in the present. I do not want a life like that. Its better to be average than lose the enjoyment in living.
