Comments on: Samizdata quote of the day http://www.samizdata.net/2011/07/samizdata-quote-836/ A blog for people with a critically rational individualist perspective Mon, 20 May 2013 19:41:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Alisa http://www.samizdata.net/2011/07/samizdata-quote-836/#comment-221865 Alisa Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:39:05 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=14137#comment-221865 I actually share Guy’s feelings on this, at least occasionally…

]]> By: Rob Fisher http://www.samizdata.net/2011/07/samizdata-quote-836/#comment-221864 Rob Fisher Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:41:29 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=14137#comment-221864 Yes, same problem here. I’m sure if I could confine myself to one interest, I could find the time to pursue it. But I’m interested in too many things to have time to investigate them enough.

]]> By: Roue le Jour http://www.samizdata.net/2011/07/samizdata-quote-836/#comment-221863 Roue le Jour Mon, 04 Jul 2011 04:45:23 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=14137#comment-221863 I find the more you know, the more you realise things you previously thought were outside your grasp are in fact reachable.

I suspect this is because as you accumulate knowledge, it becomes unnecessary to learn the entirety of something, only how it differs from something you already understand. And, as AndrewWS says, so little time.

]]> By: Perry de Havilland http://www.samizdata.net/2011/07/samizdata-quote-836/#comment-221862 Perry de Havilland Sun, 03 Jul 2011 21:36:16 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=14137#comment-221862 Then we clearly need to get you over for some dinner, Guy

]]> By: guy herbert http://www.samizdata.net/2011/07/samizdata-quote-836/#comment-221861 guy herbert Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:46:56 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=14137#comment-221861 My problem is quite the reverse.

]]> By: J.M. Heinrichs http://www.samizdata.net/2011/07/samizdata-quote-836/#comment-221860 J.M. Heinrichs Sun, 03 Jul 2011 05:32:16 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=14137#comment-221860 And then to edit the Wikipedia entry.

Cheers

]]> By: Laird http://www.samizdata.net/2011/07/samizdata-quote-836/#comment-221859 Laird Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:55:26 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=14137#comment-221859 And so little ability to actually do anything about it!

]]> By: AndrewWS http://www.samizdata.net/2011/07/samizdata-quote-836/#comment-221858 AndrewWS Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:51:30 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=14137#comment-221858 If the opposite were the case, it would be a sign of depression.

However, I do see that the problem with everything becoming increasingly interesting is that one gets dispirited by the thought that there’s so little time left to explore it all.

*sigh*

]]> By: Deep Lurker http://www.samizdata.net/2011/07/samizdata-quote-836/#comment-221857 Deep Lurker Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:46:24 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=14137#comment-221857 Well, everything is becoming increasingly interesting in the Chinese Curse sense too, but I don’t think that’s what he meant.

I read him as saying that he is suffering from the opposite of rational ignorance (“irrationally curiosity”?) That he wants more and more to be informed about everything, even when this is economically irrational because the costs to him of becoming informed are greater than the benefits.

]]> By: Alisa http://www.samizdata.net/2011/07/samizdata-quote-836/#comment-221856 Alisa Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:51:10 +0000 http://192.168.200.139/?p=14137#comment-221856 I’m sure he meant it in the Chinese sense?

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