Contradiction
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The acquiring of 'real' knowledge requires that you completely discount the background/status of the imparter of knowledge, and judge only on the basis of knowledge imparted.
But many institutions of society like the family, classroom, friendships, religion, patriotism etc. very often and to varying degrees depend for their survival on just the opposite i.e. discounting of the quality of knowledge imparted in favour of background/status of the imparter.
('respect' as a result of 'extraneous' factors even when the flaws in the quality of knowledge are apparent to you)
How long can these institutions survive with this contradiction....
Have you ever felt this tension, this inherent inconsistency?
The acquiring of 'real' knowledge requires that you completely discount the background/status of the imparter of knowledge, and judge only on the basis of knowledge imparted.
But many institutions of society like the family, classroom, friendships, religion, patriotism etc. very often and to varying degrees depend for their survival on just the opposite i.e. discounting of the quality of knowledge imparted in favour of background/status of the imparter.
('respect' as a result of 'extraneous' factors even when the flaws in the quality of knowledge are apparent to you)
How long can these institutions survive with this contradiction....
Have you ever felt this tension, this inherent inconsistency?
posted by Ayan Bhattacharya @ 1:10 AM
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