The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for August 26, 2009
August 25, 2009
August 27, 2009
Transcript:
Riley: Is it true that the man who is truly educated understands he knows very little?
Huey: Yes.
Riley: Great! So if I just realize now that I don't know anything, I don't need to waste the next decade going to school.
Huey: Huh?
A little learning is a dangerous thing
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain
And drinking largely sobers us again
blackman2732 about 15 years ago
Caught ya slippin’, Huey. Wish I had thought of that before finishing graduate school.
privacyinvasion about 15 years ago
Affirming the consequent — my favorite fallacy.
JohnHerbison about 15 years ago
As Alexander Pope said:
A little learning is a dangerous thing Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain And drinking largely sobers us again
Potrzebie about 15 years ago
I recall someone saying (Milton?) that a degree isn’t a certificate of knowing-it-all, but a license to learn.
And every year that I grow older I’m not any wiser, just more aware of how much I do not know.