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“How it is we have so much information, but know so little?”

Noam Chomsky

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Today, we can get a lot of facts and data quickly from the internet, TV, and social media. Despite this, many people still don't seem to truly understand important topics deeply. It's like having a huge library but only reading the book titles, not the pages inside. For example, you might know a lot of random facts about a health topic from news headlines or posts on Facebook, but that doesn't mean you actually understand how to stay healthy or why certain things are important for your health. Real knowledge comes from taking the time to learn, think critically, and understand the full picture, not just collecting lots of separate pieces of information. To make better decisions and understand the world around you, it’s important to dig deeper than just the surface level information.

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