Coworkers who know more than you

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In every job I have had, I have worked with coworkers who knew more than I did.

Which was great. I loved learning from others. I always try to listen carefully so that I can avoid mistakes and gain the insight and wisdom that other people have.

Which surprises me about others. Many times other people are sharing their experience and knowledge and no one values it. I see this often on the Internet and in real life.

I get that people can’t always absorb information all the time. I can’t either. However most of the time people ignore all information and when I have asked they say “I only remember what I need to.” I think to myself, how do you know what is important to remember until you need it?

Many times I have remembered things and I wasn’t sure I would ever need it. No this is not a discussion on the value of education. However what I did learn, is that if you don’t know anything you will fall for anything.

I saw this with people I grew up with. With the poor educational system we had one of the last states in spending per child, I grew up around ignorance. I was ignorant about almost everything myself.

It bothered me because many things I was taught seemed incomplete or didn’t make sense. I started to read books to try to understand and make sense of the world. The more books I read, the more I realized that I needed to learn even more.

Now at this stage of my life I feel as ignorant as I did when I first realized I was ignorant. For all the things I know I can’t feel confident in anything. Yet people who know nothing, feel confident to talk about God, reality and life as if God herself told them what to say. All the confidence in the world, with no logic or facts to back it up.

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As much as possible I avoid saying statements that are not questions. Some things are clearly BS. I have learned to avoid being dogmatic, and that has served me well. Why are you all so confident in what you believe? The facts don’t support you.