A good grasp on general knowledge is looked at the same way now as peasant ignorance was 150 years ago. amirite?

+125 A good grasp on general knowledge is looked at the same way now as peasant ignorance was 150 years ago. amirite?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I'm not sure what you're on about. Do people call Jeopardy contestants idiots because it's "only general knowledge"?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

That is what I'm kinda saying. But only kinda. I did say that having general knowledge and not being dominant in a field often means you're written off as just dumb or a cictim of the dunning-kreuger effect.

by Anonymous 1 year ago