RE: Sunday Musings: I Don't Have a CLUE What I'm Doing!
For the sake of simplicity I will argue that there are two types of 'people' in the world. Those that are experts in their field and those that are generalists. In my opinion most of the experts are too involved with the minutia of their own interests and field of expertise to be able to properly connect their knowledge to the wider world and other fields which if they did, might allow for the answering of some of the questions that we seek the answers to. The generalists know a little bit about a lot of things so are more able to make connections but less able to understand them fully.
Or that could just be a hollow, cut and paste answer.
As the father of a young son it is my intention that where I can I will always answer his questions with ''I don't know! Let's go find out ourselves!''. :)
Thanks for another excellent post @denmarkguy!
What you is-- as far as I can tell-- generally true, @tonyr.
I mean, we even see it here in this microcosm known as Steemit... I read their posts and you'd think the world begins, lives and ends with "blockchain." Sure, it's a nifty piece of tech... but there's more to life than just a mathematical algorithm.... isn't there?
I tend to tell people that I know "just enough about most things to be dangerous."
For me, the nice aspect of "not knowing" is the invitation to go learn something... if it truly matters to you. As it seems you're doing with your son.
I say the same thing except it ends with ''to myself'' :)
I have in mind a way of bringing up my son to be a good, decent and honest man but like every other parent, I have to accept that my way might not be the right way and I probably won't know if it is the right way or not for a good while yet. :)