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valdes00:
I can't date who I can't marry..... Ppl can lie.... As for me ooo, I can date who I can't marry.... infact, I can't marry my current gf.... Buh we r still datin, her red card dey cum @ d right tym.... Wohts my own...

dmcdad:
I guess you didn't know that the system was tweaked to consume twice as much data on non-bb devices.

emmansy:
I was eligible for the blackberry 1 + 1 offer, so why am I not eligible for this one? What is the eligibility plsss?! Because I sub every 2week for this android 2gb for 2k ooo

Ukutsgp:
Don't be in a hurry to leave a broke guy. The fact the he is broke today didn't erase the fact that he might be rich tomorrow. So, encourage him, support him. Be with him in rain and in sunshine. Dnt disrespect ur guy because he is broke. Show him love and care. Stay with him till there is a change.

BreezyRita:
Serendipity - An unsought, unintended, and/or unexpected discovery and/or learning experience that happens by accident and sagacity.
A combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome.

MEDIASTINUM

Amerinancy:
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tosyne2much:
You begin to wonder who really are these people.. Funny enough, they aint spiritually inclined behind the internet

vfactor:
OP: i'll say u re the one who's choosen not to use the extra knowledge u've acquired. You re a lawyer, doesnt mean, u can't bake a cake for your wedding anniversary or your birthday. It's a matter of choice. I knw many things i learnt (e.g. corel draw graphic design) that are not related to my profession (civil engineering), but of which, when i add them to what i do, it makes me seem like a genius (i design my letterheads and complimentary cards myself). But I'm not. I Jst decided to use what i've learnt. I'm even considering learning to be a tailor.

MightySparrow:
What if your child is given an assignment on how to bake cake, though you are a lawyer and your contribution will earn her more mark? The knowledge you gain now may not be useful to you but others sometimes.

SilverHand:
Quite an interesting debate here with a high level of intellectual sparring!

I see where the op is coming from (kudos to him for starting this debate) but not only are the statements that "it is a fallacy that that no knowledge is a wasted one" and that "I don't mean that you can't use the knowledge but the question is how often" both different and divergent, the op did not say exactly what kind of fallacy he is referring to which makes the summation somewhat ambiguous and bogus.

Knowledge is different from skill, learning something is different from mastering it and we are aware that it takes application of knowledge and investment of time to acquire skills, much more than it takes to gain new knowledge.

Knowledge can be seen as a compendium of information derived from a variety of sources, at different instances and use of different senses. Knowledge is gained formally or informally, directly or indirectly, actively or passively, consciously and subconsciously. For instance, by watching a television programme on wildlife I will learn something about them, by listening to a song from an album I will learn the lyrics and some insights about the songwriter's life experiences, by joining a cooking club I will learn the smell, the taste of different dishes and maybe how to prepare them. Do you think I will use you use all this knowledge in a lifetime? Maybe or maybe not. If I do use it, will I need to use it all the time? but should I consider the knowledge therefore wasted because I have not needed to use it at all or I don't need it all the time...not at all!

New knowledge builds on the fabric and framework of older knowledge...for instance you can read because you learnt the alphabet, you can do some arithmetic because you learnt to memorise some tables (2X1=2, 2X2=4...). Scientists have discovered that we learn and recall a lot of things by association, in order words information is not just stored in distinct areas of the brain but what you learn to do today needs to be connected with something you learnt in the past for it to be useful and memorable.

We all know that there are more books in the world and more information available that we may not imbibe even in a 1,000 lifetimes so it is impossible to attempt to know everything and that is not what the argument is about. Anything we do learn reinforces or realigns with what we learnt before and makes it easier to learn other things. For instance, I read sections of a geography textbook while I was in primary school (just the introduction). While I never went ahead to do geography in secondary school or beyond, the knowledge I gained from that book and the fascination of some statements (like it takes minutes for sunlight to get to the earth and years for the lights from the star to get to us...and that when you actually see a star you are really looking back in time) have stayed with me today and increased my understanding of the vastness of the universe in which we exist and live in.

No knowledge is a waste because every knowledge creates some foundation with which we can leverage on to know something else and creates associations with others that helps us better apply what we know. What you know helps you critically appraise any new knowledge you are faced in the passage of time.

No knowledge is a waste because it is not about whether it gets used actively/deliberately or not, it is about what the knowledge does to you...creating a deep sense of confidence which will make you comfortable (in the mind...and in the body i.e what you know can make you rich in wisdom and rich in finances if you know how to apply it).

No knowledge is a waste because what you know will shape what you become either consciously or subconsciously...and what you don't know can hurt you (e.g ebola).

I submit to you that the statement that "it is a fallacy that no knowledge is a wasted one" is itself a fallacy specifically a fallacy of hasty generalisation.

It doesn't count that we can't know everything but what we do allow ourselves to know will count someday or in someway to someone, somewhere...it's only a matter of time.

cdoffx:
Now i see... you are only trying to see how well you are good enough to stand and defend a case since you said you are a lawyer. after all in law cases it is only the arguements and sound logic that win case not the exact incident. you know what is true and untrue.

well base on what i believe you are testing, if i am a jury i will say you have not presented enough sound and logical arguement to back your arguement. try harder bro

Gynacologist:
bois lyk tat serendipity na dem d carry last fo class ohhh....i knw guyz lyk tat.....

Yakzo:
Op, when i decided to make the dictionary a vade mecum (patrick Obahiagbon on mind now), i never knew that words like: en passant, aeon and otiose could look ordinary. How is my effort a waste even though i didn't study English as a course. Again, is it enpasse or en passant?

Meklex:
Some knowledge are sheer waste putting into consideration the opportunity cost involved, just in the case of our universities, where you offer some courses of zero relevance to your chosen field.
I believe so much on the concept of specialization, even our professors adopt the same concept (professor of a specific area of study)..
That's exactly the reason why the American kid knows what he wants in life and specializes on it to attain success.
Concentration breeds success.
Quote for the day: you can't be white and black, you're either white or black.

thoexynne:
"Educate a fool. Annd you'll have an intelligent fool". A. Einstein


No offense @op, not that I owe you an apology

Nothing is foolhardy to reasoning than sheer arrogance, your assertion is as equally fallacious as the maxim itself, as no truth is absolute in itself. Because to all assertions there are conditions

koolhunk:
Both OP and @SaintChukz have genuine points which appears cognate but they have both failed to realise this.

Back to topic; The submission that no knowledge is lost is very valid in my accession but also bearing in mind the concept of opportunity cost. You dont have to waste your time learning things which you might not need in the nearest future - this is only true if there is the opportunity to learn something new (At the same time of the former) which you think might be more useful to you in the nearest future.

1. Take the case where there is a one day training program on how to make beads (or any other not too important training) organised in your workplace.
2. You are an engineer but you have been nominated to go for this on day program.
3. You can chose not to go and remain in the office.
4. There are no other RELEVANT training on that same day.

Given the above scenario, WHAT WILL YOU DO?

kolinz:
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U dont seem to understand exactly what the op was trying to say.
It simply means that one should have direction and focus. Then determine the neccessary skills and knowlege required to get to ur destination.
Why spend valuable time simply to be known as jack of all trades and mastering non?

UjSizzle:
Like Sherlock Holmes would say, you only have so much space in your brain to store anything. Why stock up with irrelevant information that's got no direct relationship with what you want do with your life?
Despite being a fictional character, the dude was absolutely great at what he did and pretty much clueless about everything else.

helphelp:
You shouldn't have bothered with this reply.

Ezyp:
My guy abeg continue

NaLaugh:
The OP has presented a poor delivery of his point.

The key point the OP attempts to deliver is this:

Prioritize your time and resources as it relates to knowledge acquisition.

That is a very valid point.

NaLaugh:
The OP has presented a poor delivery of his point.

The key point the OP attempts to deliver is this:

Prioritize your time and resources as it relates to knowledge acquisition.

That is a very valid point.

redcliff:
[size=14pt]with this post of yours, its safe to say you are intelligently dumb[/size]

spotit:
this op has little knowledge and plenty ego. everything he knows and the little he has so decidedly chosen to learn, all could be stood on their heads peradventure a war situation arose. I'm sure he doesn't have any control over a sweeping humanitarian crisis/civil strife/emergency

2cato:
After finishing secomdary i learnt how to ground soak and dried corn, cassava, groundnut and rice soak and dry. That was roughly 25 years ago. I threw the knowlegde away and went to the higher institution up to masters level. After working for some years SLS wahala came arround and i decided to practice what i learnt 25 years ago. Low and behold the milling business is so profitable that i am thinking of not going to look for job.

spinna:
If knowledge is not consciously used it is unconsciously used, interacting with and influencing knowledge that is currently being used.

All knowledge is good because u never know when u'll need it .eg the ability to swim or ride a motorbike may seem irrelevant till some emergency makes that formerly "useless" knowledge the difference between life and death.

Knowledge is power, the more u know, the stronger you are.

secretcode01:
Knowledge is power! But it depends on the kinda knowledge you got and the importance of it.

smurfy:
Looks like you're all about your life. Has it occurred to you that one can gain knowledge with the sole aim of helping others? Your knowledge of shorthand, for example, got 'wasted' because you wanted it to. Someone could've learned that skill from you. Truth is knowledge can't be categorized as useful or more significant. To do so is to make yourself an enemy of true knowledge.

oluxy:
Having knowledge on first aid, is it a waste to know or does it not concerned any disciplines?


Having d knowledge doesn't implies you must work with it. You may have the knowledge of how to sew a cloth yet you are a lawyer but someday; when your tailor or designer sew less satisfactory cloth for you; you would beable to correct he/she that; this is how you should have done it. Put this like this, remove this and adjust this like this.

You are able to know that because you had once been and have the knowledge.

Having knowledge on something implies an ability to know positive and negative, good and bad, conscious and unconscious, design etc on it just incase such thing occures in future.

The american soldiers are trained on and to have knowledge on medical, geographical, war, capturing, swimming etc.