LEARNING THE TRUTH /
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APRENDIENDO LA VERDAD
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PLEASE, DO NOT BE OFFENDED,
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BUT I BEG YOU TO STUDY THE ISSUES IN DEPTH
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BEFORE FORMULATING AN OPINION,
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AS LITTLE KNOWLEDGE,
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OR SEMI-IGNORANCE OF THE TRUTH
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COULD BE QUITE DANGEROUS
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POR FAVOR, NO SE OFENDAN,
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PERO LES RUEGO
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QUE ANTES DE FORMULAR UNA OPINION
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ESTUDIEN A FONDO EL TEMA,
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PUES POCO CONOCIMIENTO, O SEA SEMI-IGNORANCIA
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DE LA COMPLETA VERDAD
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PUEDE SER SUMAMENTE PELIGROSO
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(ARTICULO EN INGLES CON TRADUCCION CASTELLANA)
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THE FUTURE IN EGYPT? / *
EL FUTURO EN EGIPTO?
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Note: This article may not necessarily be aimed at you. It has been sent to 3000 other people.
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My friends,
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Going back to my favorite mantra:
Going back to my favorite mantra:
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'' The more I learn, the more I realize how ignorant I still am,
and of the limitless knowledge there is still to be acquired.'
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Seems like the musings of an ideologue, a clumsy try at waxing philosophically.
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But it is quite true, it encompasses the quest for the absolute truth.
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It speaks towards our responsibility to be informed, educated about the world, history, life and only comment if you are indeed well informed to the point you can unequivocally speak with facts and the truth at your side.
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Curious that I will now quote a foundersof the Islamic faith to support my argument that a little knowledge, or semi-ignorance is quite dangerous, reckless and potentially evil.
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Ali Ben Abu-Talib, Prophet Mohammad's cousin, said:
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Men, and women for that matter are of four types;
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1. A man who knows and knows that he knows ....Follow him, for he is wise.
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2. A man who knows but does not know that he knows .... Awaken him, as he is valuable.
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3. A man who does not know and he knows that he does not know ... Teach him so he can learn the truth.
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4. A man who does not know but does not know that he does not know ... Straighten him up and quickly!
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But it is quite true, it encompasses the quest for the absolute truth.
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It speaks towards our responsibility to be informed, educated about the world, history, life and only comment if you are indeed well informed to the point you can unequivocally speak with facts and the truth at your side.
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Curious that I will now quote a foundersof the Islamic faith to support my argument that a little knowledge, or semi-ignorance is quite dangerous, reckless and potentially evil.
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Ali Ben Abu-Talib, Prophet Mohammad's cousin, said:
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Men, and women for that matter are of four types;
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1. A man who knows and knows that he knows ....Follow him, for he is wise.
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2. A man who knows but does not know that he knows .... Awaken him, as he is valuable.
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3. A man who does not know and he knows that he does not know ... Teach him so he can learn the truth.
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4. A man who does not know but does not know that he does not know ... Straighten him up and quickly!
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I thought about that advice while reviewing the events of the past 3 weeks.
I thought about that advice while reviewing the events of the past 3 weeks.
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If The people who know followed Ali's advice, these events could have been made less painful if not entirely avoided.
If The people who know followed Ali's advice, these events could have been made less painful if not entirely avoided.
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Similarly, if the people who realize their own lack of knowledge were able to educate themselves we would have been in much better shape
Similarly, if the people who realize their own lack of knowledge were able to educate themselves we would have been in much better shape
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Unfortunately, they had very hard time doing that due to the fact that the knowledge they seek to make informed decisions are being suppressed, intentionally or not, by the manipulated media and propagandist dark elements available to them.
Unfortunately, they had very hard time doing that due to the fact that the knowledge they seek to make informed decisions are being suppressed, intentionally or not, by the manipulated media and propagandist dark elements available to them.
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The most damage, however, is done by those belonging to the last category in Ali's advice i.e. those who do not know but they do not know it.
The most damage, however, is done by those belonging to the last category in Ali's advice i.e. those who do not know but they do not know it.
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On the contrary, they think they KNOW what they are talking about while the fact of the matter is that all they know is what they see on the surface of the crust of the issues they are talking about in length over extended period of times all over the media outlets and soap boxes available to them. They love to hear themselves speak.
On the contrary, they think they KNOW what they are talking about while the fact of the matter is that all they know is what they see on the surface of the crust of the issues they are talking about in length over extended period of times all over the media outlets and soap boxes available to them. They love to hear themselves speak.
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Those with knowledge that does not even scratch the surface of the issue and talk and promote their opinions as if they know it all are the most destructive type.
Those with knowledge that does not even scratch the surface of the issue and talk and promote their opinions as if they know it all are the most destructive type.
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They reject or adopt policies and ideas based on incomplete or trivial knowledge of the issue at hand. But since they think they "know" all there is to know about the issue, they are very confident in their nonsense which they cover with lovely sound-bites that attracts the ears and eyes of those who belong to the third category of people in Ali's advice, i.e. those who do not know and are seeking knowledge.
They reject or adopt policies and ideas based on incomplete or trivial knowledge of the issue at hand. But since they think they "know" all there is to know about the issue, they are very confident in their nonsense which they cover with lovely sound-bites that attracts the ears and eyes of those who belong to the third category of people in Ali's advice, i.e. those who do not know and are seeking knowledge.
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And therein lies the danger of those semi-ignorant talking heads. They spread their little-incomplete knowledge among the naive masses who follow them believing that they are following a knowledgeable person while in fact they are following an impostor who is skilled in sounding knowledgeable.
And therein lies the danger of those semi-ignorant talking heads. They spread their little-incomplete knowledge among the naive masses who follow them believing that they are following a knowledgeable person while in fact they are following an impostor who is skilled in sounding knowledgeable.
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In many cases, the people belonging to the first category, i.e. those who know their issues inside out and are aware of it, do not speak loud enough nor are they active enough to speak the truth about what they know.
In many cases, the people belonging to the first category, i.e. those who know their issues inside out and are aware of it, do not speak loud enough nor are they active enough to speak the truth about what they know.
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And since most people belong to the other three categories they resent these people and go out of their way to suppress them, ridiculing them and shouting them down so nobody will hear the truth.
And since most people belong to the other three categories they resent these people and go out of their way to suppress them, ridiculing them and shouting them down so nobody will hear the truth.
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That, in turn, leaves the field wide open to the semi-ignorant talking heads to spread their false information and sometimes misguided, other times warped opinions.
Consider, for example, the following:
That, in turn, leaves the field wide open to the semi-ignorant talking heads to spread their false information and sometimes misguided, other times warped opinions.
Consider, for example, the following:
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- People talking about the Constitutionality of certain ideas while they don't know what the Constitution say about the issue in question.
- People talking about the Constitutionality of certain ideas while they don't know what the Constitution say about the issue in question.
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- People denying the validity of "Global Warming" based on scant scientific knowledge of the environment and the ecology of the Planet or what affects them or how human activities impact them.
- People denying the validity of "Global Warming" based on scant scientific knowledge of the environment and the ecology of the Planet or what affects them or how human activities impact them.
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- People planning terrorist activities believing that they are fighting for their belief while they have no idea what that belief is or what it says about their activities.
- People planning terrorist activities believing that they are fighting for their belief while they have no idea what that belief is or what it says about their activities.
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- People talking about economic growth, taxes, budgets, monetary policy and unemployment while they don't even know how those factors interact together.
- People talking about economic growth, taxes, budgets, monetary policy and unemployment while they don't even know how those factors interact together.
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- People who have little Scientific Education talking about Science and how it supports their denial of the existence of a Creator for our Universe while in fact Science says the exact opposite. They read an article in a magazine or on the Internet and they believe that they have "Got It". With that "IT", they convince themselves and their naive audience that they really "know" what they are talking about. !!!!
- People who have little Scientific Education talking about Science and how it supports their denial of the existence of a Creator for our Universe while in fact Science says the exact opposite. They read an article in a magazine or on the Internet and they believe that they have "Got It". With that "IT", they convince themselves and their naive audience that they really "know" what they are talking about. !!!!
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This is just a sample but the list could go on much longer.
This is just a sample but the list could go on much longer.
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Unless those who know force themselves to speak up in a loud and clear voice ... nothing will dislodge the semi-ignorant clowns from their strong-hold on the brains of the naive masses.
Unless those who know force themselves to speak up in a loud and clear voice ... nothing will dislodge the semi-ignorant clowns from their strong-hold on the brains of the naive masses.
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This has been written aimed directly at those of you that are convinced you have a handle on the current events taking place, playing the parts of 'useful idiots', being manipulated by the evil doers lurking in the shadows, pulling your strings while waiting for the moment to pounce upon you and the rest of us so they can rule with impunity to the point where it will no longer make a difference whether you know or do not know a damned thing, as those that played you all along will not even let you think anymore, much less learn the truth.
This has been written aimed directly at those of you that are convinced you have a handle on the current events taking place, playing the parts of 'useful idiots', being manipulated by the evil doers lurking in the shadows, pulling your strings while waiting for the moment to pounce upon you and the rest of us so they can rule with impunity to the point where it will no longer make a difference whether you know or do not know a damned thing, as those that played you all along will not even let you think anymore, much less learn the truth.
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60's Child
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60's Child
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Traduccion al castellano
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Nota: Este articulo no esta dirigido a usted necesariamente, pues ha sido enviado a otras 3000 personas tambien.
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Mis amigos,
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Regreso a mi mantra favorita:
Mis amigos,
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Regreso a mi mantra favorita:
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Mientras mas aprendo, mas cuenta me doy de lo ignorante que aun soy, y de la sabiduria ilimitada que aun existe por adquirir.
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Esto se me ocurrio debido a la reaccion que he notado por parte de algunos al ver ciertos eventos en el Medio Oriente.
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Me quedo frio leyendo como algunos con gran facilidad exclaman que similares revoluciones deberian de llevarse a cabo por el mundo entero.
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Es curioso que estoy citando a uno de los fundadores de la fe islamica para apoyar mi argumento de que poquito conocimiento, o semi-ignorancia es sumamente peligroso y potencialmente malvado.
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Ali Ben Abu-Talib, primo del Profeta Mohammad dijo:
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El ser humano es de cuatro tipos:
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1. Quien sabe y sabe que el o ella sabe. Siganlos, pues son sabios.
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2. Quien sabe, pero no sabe que el o ella sabe. Despiertenlos, pues son valiosos.
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3. Quien no sabe y sabe que no sabe. Instruyanlos, y asi aprendera la verdad.
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4. Quien no sabe pero no sabe que el o ella no sabe. Por favor, sacundanlos y enderecenlos rapidamente!
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Pense sobre esto mientras presenciaba los eventos de estas ultimas tres semanas.
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Si aquellos que saben hubiesen seguido el consejo de Ali, estos eventos pudieron haber sido menos dolorosos, e inclusive haberse evitados.
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Similarmente, si la gente que se da cuenta de su propia ignorancia pudieran educarse, estariamos en una mucho mejor situacion.
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Desafortunadamente tuvieron mucha dificultad educandose debido al hecho de que los conocimientos que buscan para tomar decisiones informadas estan siendo suprimidos, intencionalmente o no, (yo creo que si) por los medios de difucion a su alcance, los cuales han sido manipulados por fuerzas malvadas.
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El mayor dano, no obstante se esta llevando a cabo por aquellos que pertenecen a la ultima categoria segun explicaba Ali, aquellos que no saben que no saben.
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A lo contrario, ellos piensan que SABEN de lo que hablan, cuando en realidad todo lo que saben is lo que ven superficialmente sin indagar con profundidad y hablan por los codos como si fuesen expertos en cada ocasion en que les den la oportunidad.
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A estos les fascina oirse hablar, aun sin saber de que diablos hablan.
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Aquellos con conocimientos que solo palpan la superficie del tema hablan y promueben sus opiniones y son el tipo de 'sabiondos' mas destructivos.
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Rechazan o adoptan politicas e ideas basadas en conocimientos incompletos o triviales del tema a mano. Pero como ellos creen que SABEN completamente sobre el tema, estan seguros de si mismos y colorean sus palabrerias de manera que atraen los ojos y oidos de los ingenuos que les escuchan, aquellos que pertenecen a la tercera categoria, aquellos que no saben y estan ambrientos por conocimiento.
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Y ahi yace el peligro de esos semi-ignorantes parlanchines. Riegan sus incompletos conocimientos entre las ingenuas masas quienes los siguen creyendo que siguen un personaje lleno de sabiduria y conocimientos, el cual en realidad no es mas que un impostor, solo que es diestro en parecer sabio.
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En muchos casos, es la gente perteneciente a la primera categoria, aquellos que conocen los temas a fondo y lo reconocen quienes no hablan con suficiente fuerza ni volumen o no son lo suficientemente activos en regar la verdad que tan bien conocen.
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Por lo tanto, eso deja un campo abierto para los parlanchines semi-ignorantes, los cuales se aprovechan para regar sus opiniones mal informadas.
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A no ser que se despierten aquellos que conocen la verdad y estan conciente de ello, los payasos parlanchines dominaran las ingenuas masas de neofitos.
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Esto lo he escrito dirigido a aquellos de ustedes que estan convencidos de que dominan los temas de actualidad, haciendo el papel de 'idiotas utiles', siendo manipulados por los elementos malvados quienes los estan manejando desde las sombras, esperando el momento propicio para saltar sobre tanto los neofitos como los eruditos de igual nefaria manera.
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Al lograr controlarnos ya no habra diferencia entre los que sabemos o no sabemos, pues los malvados que han tomado el poder no nos dejaran expresar nuestros conocimientos o nuestras semi-ignorancias, pues nuestras bocas estaran amordazadas permanentemente.
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Por favor, antes de opinar, platicar con conviccion o de dejarse impresionar por alguien que superficialemente luce conocedor, antes de propagar mas el posible dano le ruego que estudie a fondo el tema.
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Si no le interesa o no conoce el tema, pues por favor no opine entonces, pues siempre alguien le escucha.
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60's Child
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Esto se me ocurrio debido a la reaccion que he notado por parte de algunos al ver ciertos eventos en el Medio Oriente.
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Me quedo frio leyendo como algunos con gran facilidad exclaman que similares revoluciones deberian de llevarse a cabo por el mundo entero.
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Es curioso que estoy citando a uno de los fundadores de la fe islamica para apoyar mi argumento de que poquito conocimiento, o semi-ignorancia es sumamente peligroso y potencialmente malvado.
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Ali Ben Abu-Talib, primo del Profeta Mohammad dijo:
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El ser humano es de cuatro tipos:
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1. Quien sabe y sabe que el o ella sabe. Siganlos, pues son sabios.
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2. Quien sabe, pero no sabe que el o ella sabe. Despiertenlos, pues son valiosos.
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3. Quien no sabe y sabe que no sabe. Instruyanlos, y asi aprendera la verdad.
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4. Quien no sabe pero no sabe que el o ella no sabe. Por favor, sacundanlos y enderecenlos rapidamente!
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Pense sobre esto mientras presenciaba los eventos de estas ultimas tres semanas.
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Si aquellos que saben hubiesen seguido el consejo de Ali, estos eventos pudieron haber sido menos dolorosos, e inclusive haberse evitados.
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Similarmente, si la gente que se da cuenta de su propia ignorancia pudieran educarse, estariamos en una mucho mejor situacion.
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Desafortunadamente tuvieron mucha dificultad educandose debido al hecho de que los conocimientos que buscan para tomar decisiones informadas estan siendo suprimidos, intencionalmente o no, (yo creo que si) por los medios de difucion a su alcance, los cuales han sido manipulados por fuerzas malvadas.
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El mayor dano, no obstante se esta llevando a cabo por aquellos que pertenecen a la ultima categoria segun explicaba Ali, aquellos que no saben que no saben.
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A lo contrario, ellos piensan que SABEN de lo que hablan, cuando en realidad todo lo que saben is lo que ven superficialmente sin indagar con profundidad y hablan por los codos como si fuesen expertos en cada ocasion en que les den la oportunidad.
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A estos les fascina oirse hablar, aun sin saber de que diablos hablan.
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Aquellos con conocimientos que solo palpan la superficie del tema hablan y promueben sus opiniones y son el tipo de 'sabiondos' mas destructivos.
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Rechazan o adoptan politicas e ideas basadas en conocimientos incompletos o triviales del tema a mano. Pero como ellos creen que SABEN completamente sobre el tema, estan seguros de si mismos y colorean sus palabrerias de manera que atraen los ojos y oidos de los ingenuos que les escuchan, aquellos que pertenecen a la tercera categoria, aquellos que no saben y estan ambrientos por conocimiento.
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Y ahi yace el peligro de esos semi-ignorantes parlanchines. Riegan sus incompletos conocimientos entre las ingenuas masas quienes los siguen creyendo que siguen un personaje lleno de sabiduria y conocimientos, el cual en realidad no es mas que un impostor, solo que es diestro en parecer sabio.
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En muchos casos, es la gente perteneciente a la primera categoria, aquellos que conocen los temas a fondo y lo reconocen quienes no hablan con suficiente fuerza ni volumen o no son lo suficientemente activos en regar la verdad que tan bien conocen.
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Por lo tanto, eso deja un campo abierto para los parlanchines semi-ignorantes, los cuales se aprovechan para regar sus opiniones mal informadas.
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A no ser que se despierten aquellos que conocen la verdad y estan conciente de ello, los payasos parlanchines dominaran las ingenuas masas de neofitos.
*
Esto lo he escrito dirigido a aquellos de ustedes que estan convencidos de que dominan los temas de actualidad, haciendo el papel de 'idiotas utiles', siendo manipulados por los elementos malvados quienes los estan manejando desde las sombras, esperando el momento propicio para saltar sobre tanto los neofitos como los eruditos de igual nefaria manera.
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Al lograr controlarnos ya no habra diferencia entre los que sabemos o no sabemos, pues los malvados que han tomado el poder no nos dejaran expresar nuestros conocimientos o nuestras semi-ignorancias, pues nuestras bocas estaran amordazadas permanentemente.
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Por favor, antes de opinar, platicar con conviccion o de dejarse impresionar por alguien que superficialemente luce conocedor, antes de propagar mas el posible dano le ruego que estudie a fondo el tema.
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Si no le interesa o no conoce el tema, pues por favor no opine entonces, pues siempre alguien le escucha.
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60's Child
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