The adjuration to be "normal" seems shockingly repellent to me; I see neither hope nor comfort in sinking to that low level. I think it is ignorance that makes people think of abnormality only with horror and allows them to remain undismayed at the proximity of "normal" to average and mediocre. For surely anyone who achieves anything is, a priori, abnormal.
The confession of ignorance is crucial to the pursuit of knowledge. Another way of putting it is that those who pretend to know never will _ they lack the humility to learn.
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The confession of ignorance is crucial to the pursuit of knowledge. Another way of putting it is that those who pretend to know never will _ they lack the humility to learn.
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