If you could take a pill that gave you knowledge about absolutely everything, would you take it?

Why or why not?

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MsTiti

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As much as I love that idea, no, I wouldn't.
I would no longer be curious and have the same lust for life. That doesn't sound like fun at all.
The process of acquiring knowledge is a journey, not a destination.

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Cvision	Posted Jul 4th, 2009 at 2:16AM Simply knowing everything is an empty wish. Knowlidge without an experential scaffold is like having all the money in the world and not knowing how to count. Knowledge is good...but it's application for the better is wisdom. I would rather have a little wisdom, than all the knowledge in the world. Rated: +4Vote for this!
IlooklikeJesus	Posted Jul 4th, 2009 at 2:16AM I did take it! :} Rated: +3Vote for this!
asiamtoday	Posted Jul 2nd, 2009 at 3:25PM Wasn't this adam and eves down fall with the fruit? Rated: +3Vote for this!
21stCenturySchizo idMan	Posted Jul 2nd, 2009 at 8:39PM No, I saw enough **** on acid that made me quit doing it. Rated: +3Vote for this!
ShadowofDoubt	Posted Jul 2nd, 2009 at 10:49AM Very tempting, but no. Enjoy hearing things that I discover each new day. Whether it be funny, sad, or enlightening. Rated: +2Vote for this!
DorothyofOz	Posted Jul 2nd, 2009 at 11:01AM ABSOLUTELY NOT - you know that saying, "Ignorance is Bliss" - the more I know the more I would agree with that saying - my life could use as much bliss as possible!! Rated: +2Vote for this!
TrgdyAnn	Posted Jul 2nd, 2009 at 5:29PM No. Life is much more fun when you are able to continue to learn different things! Rated: +2Vote for this!
Greg862	Posted Jul 2nd, 2009 at 5:30PM The idea sounds fascinating and so inviting...but once you took it, my guess is that you would then "know" why you should NOT have taken it. Knowledge is power...but in overabundance, it can be a curse. Many times, I've wished that I DIDN'T know as much as I seem to at times. Truly, at those times, ignorance would have been bliss. Rated: +2Vote for this!
annasangels	Posted Jul 2nd, 2009 at 10:47AM not really..i know many times i want to have answers to questions and i want to know many things..if i took that pill then what goal would i have?everyday u learn something new after all right? Rated: +1Vote for this!
snowlady	Posted Jul 2nd, 2009 at 10:43AM I would have to ask my doctor first, in case it was not a good idea, considering I have many health issues. If he said iot was okay, it would depend on the side effects. Of course, now that i think about it more, I'm not even sure I would want to know EVERYTHING! Afterall, some things might be a little too much to handle, like if something REALLY catastrophic was gonna hap[pen! Rated: +1Vote for this!
Smokeseek	Posted Jul 2nd, 2009 at 10:52AM knowledge is a dangerous thing. It would only be with the utmost caution I would take it. Rated: +1Vote for this!
humptydumpty85	Posted Jul 2nd, 2009 at 10:54AM do u really want 2 know,everything? Rated: +1Vote for this!
atasteforsufferin g	Posted Jul 2nd, 2009 at 11:25AM i would be tempted but i'd have to say no. i think it would be too much information and my mind would burn out right then and there. Rated: +1Vote for this!
piscesgal	Posted Jul 2nd, 2009 at 12:29PM No, I wouldn't, I enjoy constantly learning and absorbing in new information. "Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?" T.S. Eliot Rated: +1Vote for this!
SeriouslySappy	Posted Jul 2nd, 2009 at 12:33PM No because my head is already filled with enough useles junk. Rated: +1Vote for this!
chromaticone	Posted Jul 2nd, 2009 at 3:27PM I don't know about a pill, but as far as what you're asking: yes Rated: +1Vote for this!
shf84	Posted Jul 2nd, 2009 at 5:21PM Absolutly. The knowladge gained wold allow us to cure cancer, travel into space, reverse aging. Not to take it would be criminal. Rated: +1Vote for this!
sosososo	Posted Jul 3rd, 2009 at 6:05PM no, it would scare me too much, i'd rather live in blissful ignorance Rated: +1Vote for this!
theologian	Posted Jul 4th, 2009 at 3:02AM My father has a line "I'd be a devil in heaven and an angel in hell" - thus since most everybody is saying no. . . I'd take it I don't think that the knowledge without experience would have as dramatic an affect as one might think - without experience and memory to back it up - most of the knowledge would become forgotten and inaccessible Rated: +1Vote for this!

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