The Burden of Knowledge

A wonderful discussion! No , Sisi, I do not believe in it. Knowledge can never be a burden. It could be a burden to others on perceiving how knowledge another person is but never to the person himself. In fact knowledge liberates a man and makes him much poised, unbound and free. A truly knowledgeable person is actually an uninhibited man and that gives him much liberty and freedom, in the true sense.

I would say that knowledge becomes a burden when it hinders your actions. What i would mean is that knowing something that you cannot reveal to someone else, or knowing something that affects you negatively. Having not known about these would have kept the balance. An example here would be knwoing about a teminal illness of a loved one or knowing that i would have only a couple of years to live. Here knowledge becomes a burden.

Many people will state that knowledge is power so therefore the more knowledge we have then the more powerful we will become. To some extent I can agree with this philosophy but having knowledge can definitely become a burden if the knowledge we have can negatively impact us in any way. Knowing and having to keep a secret that could hurt someone you love is one such example. Situations like this can put us in a position where this knowledge would eat away at us to the point of being a tremendous pyschological burden.

Whaddya mean 'the burden of knowledge'???

knowledge is just systematice collection of information , and I think its only help you to understand the physical world , but if you tried to find out or resolve you inner problems through your knowledge then it becomes a burdon , like in india where a categories known as PANDIT here they think only they have the power to gain knowledge and these power provided by GOD him self to them and when ask where is god said these they they give us reference of there Books knowns as VEDAS here and this way they dominated all other categories people of the society and people who are illitrate are still believes that they are right since VEDAS says that now this Knowledge again become burdon here and in reality saying due to this reason india become slaved by other country , would you believe on that ... :-)

I believe its a burden when I findout how "THEY" (the controlers) are always figuring out how to take our money!! upsets me quite a bit!..

In to-day's age of information explosion,we are lost in huge piles of informations.There is no harm to have access to such continuous flow of information,but one needs to be selective,prudent and efficient in analyzing those information to gain some useful knowledge. Knowledge of any subject or object is not a burden,rather knowledge gives power and position to think and live in a positive way.More knowledge means more power. Thanks.

Yes SaintAnne I believe in it. Knowledge is burdensome too. But an essential one. Just cannot do without it. But how I wish To be ignorant and innocent just like four year old. There is so much meaning and truth in this popular phrase: IGNORANCE IS BLISS