Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
Shaw points to a peculiar vulnerability in the thinking mind: ignorance keeps us cautious and searching, while false certainty makes us reckless and convincing to others. A person who knows nothing may ask questions; a person *certain* of wrong facts becomes a teacher of error. Watch how a friend who's merely skimmed a news story on some medical topic will cite it with absolute authority at dinner, while someone who admits unfamiliarity stays quiet—and notice whose misinformation spreads faster through the room. The truly hazardous gap isn't between knowledge and its absence, but between confidence and accuracy.
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
Aristotle“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
Lao Tzu“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a great deal of it.”
Seneca“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it mean...”
Steve Jobs