Feel the Width, never mind the Depth?

Mock Turtle said:

I'll make no bones about it, I'm not that impressed so often by the depths of the apparent knowledge of so many (usually pertaining to religions and such) when the breadth (as to knowing quite a bit about most other subjects) is possibly more important, and often missing. All too often we see many on RF who just dismiss or ignore much that is accepted generally, by those with religious beliefs as well as those without, simply because it tends to go against their interpretation of some particular religious doctrine. For me, the tendency to want to know as much as possible concerning a particular religious belief, laudable as it might be, is perhaps misguided when doing so might mean a tendency to ignore or dismiss much other information that could impact one's overall knowledge, and where such might be rather more beneficial. Plus of course, the supposed religious knowledge might be suspect, given the difficulty of verifying much of religious material.

How do you see such?

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Mock Turtle said:

I'll make no bones about it, I'm not that impressed so often by the depths of the apparent knowledge of so many (usually pertaining to religions and such) when the breadth (as to knowing quite a bit about most other subjects) is possibly more important, and often missing. All too often we see many on RF who just dismiss or ignore much that is accepted generally, by those with religious beliefs as well as those without, simply because it tends to go against their interpretation of some particular religious doctrine. For me, the tendency to want to know as much as possible concerning a particular religious belief, laudable as it might be, is perhaps misguided when doing so might mean a tendency to ignore or dismiss much other information that could impact one's overall knowledge, and where such might be rather more beneficial. Plus of course, the supposed religious knowledge might be suspect, given the difficulty of verifying much of religious material.

How do you see such?

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Secret Chief said:

Jack of all trades, master of none?
One might equally say some people claim more than their shallow knowledge strictly justifies. Godnose I do.

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Secret Chief said:

Jack of all trades, master of none?
One might equally say some people claim more than their shallow knowledge strictly justifies. Godnose I do.

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Mock Turtle said:

I'll make no bones about it, I'm not that impressed so often by the depths of the apparent knowledge of so many (usually pertaining to religions and such) when the breadth (as to knowing quite a bit about most other subjects) is possibly more important, and often missing. All too often we see many on RF who just dismiss or ignore much that is accepted generally, by those with religious beliefs as well as those without, simply because it tends to go against their interpretation of some particular religious doctrine. For me, the tendency to want to know as much as possible concerning a particular religious belief, laudable as it might be, is perhaps misguided when doing so might mean a tendency to ignore or dismiss much other information that could impact one's overall knowledge, and where such might be rather more beneficial. Plus of course, the supposed religious knowledge might be suspect, given the difficulty of verifying much of religious material.

How do you see such?

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Mock Turtle said:

I'll make no bones about it, I'm not that impressed so often by the depths of the apparent knowledge of so many (usually pertaining to religions and such) when the breadth (as to knowing quite a bit about most other subjects) is possibly more important, and often missing. All too often we see many on RF who just dismiss or ignore much that is accepted generally, by those with religious beliefs as well as those without, simply because it tends to go against their interpretation of some particular religious doctrine. For me, the tendency to want to know as much as possible concerning a particular religious belief, laudable as it might be, is perhaps misguided when doing so might mean a tendency to ignore or dismiss much other information that could impact one's overall knowledge, and where such might be rather more beneficial. Plus of course, the supposed religious knowledge might be suspect, given the difficulty of verifying much of religious material.

How do you see such?

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Secret Chief said:

Jack of all trades, master of none?
One might equally say some people claim more than their shallow knowledge strictly justifies. Godnose I do.

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ChristineM said:

There is a tailors saying "never mind the quality, feel the width"

It seems to apply here

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KenS said:

A specialist doctor said to the generalist doctor, "Shouldn't you specialize? Your width of your knowledge so wide you basically don't know anything about everything".

To which the generalist doctor replied, "You have specialized so deep that you know absolutely everything about virtually nothing".

Which of the two are more important? I say both are needed.

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Left Coast said:

I'll be honest, I thought this thread was going to be about something veeeery different when I clicked on it.

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Mock Turtle said:

I'll make no bones about it, I'm not that impressed so often by the depths of the apparent knowledge of so many (usually pertaining to religions and such) when the breadth (as to knowing quite a bit about most other subjects) is possibly more important, and often missing. All too often we see many on RF who just dismiss or ignore much that is accepted generally, by those with religious beliefs as well as those without, simply because it tends to go against their interpretation of some particular religious doctrine. For me, the tendency to want to know as much as possible concerning a particular religious belief, laudable as it might be, is perhaps misguided when doing so might mean a tendency to ignore or dismiss much other information that could impact one's overall knowledge, and where such might be rather more beneficial. Plus of course, the supposed religious knowledge might be suspect, given the difficulty of verifying much of religious material.

How do you see such?

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