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[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Intellectual curiosity is the true barometer; you either thirst to know more, or you're content with ignorance.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

There is a third way!

You thirst to know more but have a soul crushing deficit of self esteem and truly believe you're incapable of anything more than menial labor. You remain with your thirst, not content with your ignorance, but unable to overcome the self image of "absolute moron with no place in the scientific community who must be narcissistic for even thinking he could be" and so you grow to hate yourself even more because of it!

...Err.... Or so my friend says.

[–] NikkiDimes 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You don't have to go to higher education to pursue knowledge! We have more knowledge available to us freely than any other time on Earth!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And for that matter, you don’t even have to pursue knowledge that will help you make money!

Taking a deep dive in some hobbies using free knowledge could very well enhance your life better than getting the masters degree and the promotion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Though fair warning if you are too much of a knowledge collector Odin will invade your dreams and you will become a neo-pagan. Or atleast thats what happened to be, I throw shit at him when he does, he laughs.

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