i need an essay in the 'the greatest enemy of knowledge is not the ignorance it is the illusion' a famous quote by Stephen Hawkings
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Let’s first try to understand what this ‘illusion of knowledge is’ and how is it dangerous? Well, illusion of knowledge is one’s faulty, subjective, unscientific, unproven, vague, and dubious assumption about a thing, fact, or information. Let’s further understand with an example. Imagine there is an unscrupulous doctor. A patient comes to him with high fever, shivering, and body ache. Assuming the symptoms for an ordinary fever, he gives him antibiotics and other strong medicines without scientifically ascertaining and diagnosis of the patient’s pathological condition. This illusion of the disease’s knowledge may jeopardize the patient’s life!
Actually all human beings suffer from this flaw of illusion of knowledge. Our failures are the indicators of our illusion of knowledge of the goal we strive for. Getting rid of this flaw is a must for perfect success and achievement. All great personalities who are role-models of mankind, personalities such as Jesus, Lincoln, Shakespeare, Dickens, Ramanujjam, Einstein, Addison, Graham Bell, Louis Pasteur, Yoganada, Vivekananda, etc, were the personages who overcame this flaw of illusion of knowledge; they saw the things in their totality; they had complete perception about the challenges they were striving to overcome. They did thorough analysis after ascertaining the minute details of the problems they were aiming to solve.
So, we must also be thorough and perfect in all our endeavours and while doing our duties. We must have complete knowledge of our goals, responsibilities, and aspirations. The service we provide to others must be complete, thorough, and flawless. It should not only solve the problem but also give the receivers complete joy and satisfaction. You may be a teacher, a doctor, a scientist, a cop, a soldier, or a cab driver, always remember illusion of knowledge about your field may cause problems, difficulties, and inconvenience to others. So always remember both ignorance and illusion of knowledge are dangerous to not only you, but others also.
Answer:
The quote "The great enemy of knowledge is not ignorance it is illusion of knowledge"mentioned above was first used by best-selling author, educator, and librarian Daniel J. Boorstin in January,1984 . It was again used by Stephen Hawking later.This quote warns us to be aware of the flaw of illusion of knowledge.
First of all, let me explain to you - what is illusion of knowledge?It refers to one’s faulty and dubious assumption about a thing or fact. It can lead to our over-confident brains to leave us with a false sense of security about daily decisions.
We all experience this sort of illusory knowledge, even for the simplest things.People who wrongly assume they have knowledge and understanding of people rarely listen to others.People who think they have all the knowledge they need, never ask for help, and they never look for knowledge in the first place.
If we don't know something, it means we are ignorant of something, but if we don't know the reality and we have an illusion that we know the reality, it means we have an illusion of knowledge and not exactly knowledge.One can bring himself in more trouble if he knows the wrong thing rather than knowing nothing at all.
To get rid of ignorance, you have to identify and remove the incorrect models of thinking from your mind.Its always better to know that you don't know than to have an illusion that you know.
Remember, the truly knowledgeable are those who succeed at staying abreast of their ignorance, glimpsing the broad contours of what they do not know. We must have complete knowledge of our goals, responsibilities, and aspirations. You may be anyone but always remember illusion of knowledge about something is dangerous for not only you but for others also.