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Do you have a problem or problems? Did you know that the first chapter of the first book of the Bible has answers on how to solve any problem? Here's a video that shows you how to apply lessons from Genesis to solve problems. God bless and Happy Sunday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8B8QpuXltE

Alternative soundtrack for The Bourne Identity has been released on YouTube...featuring music by one of our own (late Chief Dr Oliver De Coque). You can check it out on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXmRsj-qzjk
thank me later

Alternative soundtrack for The Bourne Identity has been released on YouTube...featuring music by one of our own (late Chief Dr Oliver De Coque). You can check it out on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXmRsj-qzjk thank me later

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.

How long has it been in use in Nigeria? VIN and mileage please. My offer still stands at 1.1m.

I'll give you 1.1m for this cutie, kindly post mileage and VIN please

Homosexuality is abnormal and unnatural, whether or not animals engage in it doesn't mean we should censor it or copy them because we are

not animals, we are intellectual beings and should live by reason and not instinct. 

Saying it is okay to eat up your own vomit like some dogs do or eat your own poo like some other animals do is utter nonsense.

I am pleased with the stand of the Nigerian Anglican Church on the issue, that they took the bull by the horns because nowhere in the Bible is

homosexuality condoned.  If God wanted man to sleep with man, in the beginning He would have created Adam and Steve  instead of Adam

and Eve. Let's face it and tell ourselves the truth, what is wrong is wrong no matter how long or how widely accepted it is!

Anyone ever heard this saying: good girls like bad boys and bad girls like good boys, this is definitely a case of a bad girl liking bad boys!

Your ride is really pretty. Will it fly for 900k? kindly post pictures of its back side and the VIN report

Ready to give you 750k cash for this ride. Kindly post VIN or send it to me at genemaze@yahoo.co.uk

The price alone won't sell your ride. Placing a call will not give anyone a visual image. Post pixs if you are serious about selling soon. I might be interested if I see them,

Well sincerely speaking I'm not infected with HIV but I know about a guy who got drunk one day at a bar, went away with a couple of girls and had unprotected sexual intercourse.  He tested positive to HIV about 5 months later. Prior to that time he had a test done which was negative. Can someone tell me if there's a relationship between drinking and getting HIV?