I have often wondered this myself... I have been told this many times and warned about the effect of 'Knowing too much'... Indeed.. In my own opinion... Certain types of knowledge such as Biological Research must be careful of moral and ethical issues... Over step the line and many more could suffer than benefit... Certain branches of science need to be constantly regulated to ensure no harm is done... Religion itself has a dark history of intolerence of certain types of knowlege... Not even the Great Library of Alexandria survived... Just imagin the knowledge that building contained the day it was burned to the ground... But now.. A study suggests that too much knowledge can be bad for the memory..."As people become smarter, they start to put things into categories, and one of the costs they pay is lower memory accuracy for individual differences." ....
"The inappropriate use of categorization can also lead to problems such as stereotypes of groups"...
This thus leads to discrimination and racism... Other types of bad behaviour I cannot abide... So if too much knowledge leads to bad behaviour... How can it be avoided...?.. CAN it be avoided in this age of technological evolution....?... Even If it can be regulated... Who is to say what knowledge is 'Good' or 'Bad'.... Is there such thing as 'BAD' Knowledge....?
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