Follies of Knowers

Those who proactively pursue knowledge often invent pieces of knowledge which are totally unconnected from reality. Subsequently, if such persons or institutions have the right credentials and resources, they impose their products on reality and such misplaced perceptions distort social realities. The concern is the mostly ignored fact that knowing is not about discovering patterns but manipulating and disrupting patterns. The knowledge-based solutions in such cases may be a different problem but the concern here is that knowing is not about knowing exactly the nature of a phenomenon but determining the nature of a phenomenon. Knowers should deploy their tools with much caution and never ignore their common sense and instinct.

Niraj Kumar Jha

On Making One Know More

Those who think they know must be helped to know more. For those who may undertake such responsibility, it is nothing but a process of knowing more only. This is a highly complex skill for the reason that those who think they know think also that they need not know more and may be hostile to persons trying to help them. But for one, the conscientious one, this is a duty to help others and learn the skill for the social good. However, those who peddle their positions in the name of discourse may be avoided. Here peacing may be a better choice than efforting. 

Niraj Kumar Jha