I Have Forgotten More Than You Will Ever Know
I recently read that in a blog I was visiting. I refuse to caress his ego so I did not respond.
By the time I was 13, I had read every book in the two public libraries in my hometown. My mother had to check out the books for me because of my age.
I have forgotten a lot of what I read.
My grandfather was a mathematical genius. He was one of those people that could beat a calculator no matter how difficult the problem was. He taught me the shortcuts he used and I did quite well at math in school. Through non-use I have forgotten most of them. He even had a shortcut to figure out logarithmic problems.
I have read every book on economics published before 1963. I have read every book of philosophy written before 1963. I have even read a few published since then.
So let me go on record as having forgotten more than any of you will ever know.
My mother had to check out the books for me because of my age.
??? What ??? Where did you grow up? Because I had a Library Card in First Grade and could check out books whenever I wanted. ??? An age limit to check out books? 13 years old? Come now….do you reallt expect us to believe that??? :entertained:
You know John, I deserved that. I dared to question the all knowing, all seeing wise one.
Just who the fuck do I think I am anyway??
Oh yeah?? I have forgotten than I have ever known!
Which is not an easy thing to do.
It’s great that you have read alot 🙂 But has it gone further than simply reading;into the realm of what you have read inspiring you to think for yourself and not merely repeat by rote?
I couldn’t check out library books for the “older kids” until I was 12 years old. So, like, you, my mother checked them out for me.
Good lord, we might have learned something about sex. Or licorice. Whatever.
Well, you may have forgotten more than I’ll ever know… but I bet I may have forgotten more than you’ve forgotten, due to heavy marijuana use in high school. That is all. 🙂
So?
I learned to read when I was four, and somehow they thought I was doing it wrong, because I couldn’t read orally, so I had to re-learn it when I was eight. I was instructed in my first foreign language at ten. In the meantime I’ve read works all sorts of things in multiple languages (although I must admit modern economics and politics don’t particularly interest me), was awarded four difficult piloting licenses in a single year as a foreigner, figured out a mathematical formula that three engineers whose surname was “Doctor” said there was no formula for, designed equipment for a boat, and taught myself to program SQL from scatch without a course. My Calibre library holds over 15,000 works, mostly non-fiction, including works from Hegel, Newton, Keppler, Kant, Nietzsche, Jung and Schopenhauer.
However, I would not be so presumptuious as to assume I have forgotten more than you shall ever learn, since I don’t know you very well, and I’m not very intelligent to begin with. You see, my IQ is only 87 (100 is average intelligence). So when people say I’m stupid, I must confess they are essentially correct. I can’t even solve relatively simple puzzles such as Rubrik Cubes, and those quiz questions pertaining to “name the next number in this series of numbers” are beyond my comprehension. 😮
I’ve forgotten what I’ve forgotten 🙄
Well I guess you do not read that well, because even a dumb African like me can see that I say very clearly on my profile that I reject all friend requests that do not come with some kind of reason why you are sending request.