{"id":2228,"date":"2016-06-30T13:45:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T17:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/?p=2228"},"modified":"2016-07-25T18:09:49","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T22:09:49","slug":"knowledge-is-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christopherdonahue.com\/?p=2228","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge is Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

After five years, I have finally completed the Encyclopedia Britannica Concise Edition<\/em> (EBC) which I was reading a page a day before I went to sleep. \u00a0It might sound more imposing than it is because the EBC is actually a single volume and not a complete, multi-volume encyclopedia. A minor accomplishment but a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

Be that as it may, the 2114 pages in the EBC were quite informative. A vacuous, and intellectually lazy, colleague of mine felt threatened I was reading the EBC and he wasn’t. Consequently, he tried to minimize the endeavor by insisting it wasn’t worth the effort unless I could remember everything I read. I asked him how much of his undergraduate or graduate education he could remember and then didn’t bother to press home the obvious point.<\/p>\n

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Truth be told, I read for pleasure entertainment not memorization. The vast majority of entries I read I have already\u00a0forgotten. Mind boggling facts about chemistry, famous figures in the history of dance, minor historical figures I took a minor and fleeting interest in, all forgotten.<\/p>\n

But memory works in funny ways. \u00a0There are hundreds of entries that I can’t recall at will, but when the right trivia question is asked they will swim to the surface of my consciousness.<\/p>\n

But here’s a showstopper that made it all worthwhile:<\/p>\n

Did you know, the Inuit, Maori,and Zulu all have a natural affinity for ventriloquism?<\/em><\/p>\n

Knowledge is power, baby!!!<\/p>\n

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