I remember when I was in middle school, there was a distinctive line on the cultural wall of the classroom: "Knowledge changes fate". I believe many people have heard of this sentence, and many teenagers have been inspired by it. When they were young, they didn't have a sound and complete three views. All knowledge and values come from the input brought by education, and this input is only forced to accept, not through subjective thinking.

But can knowledge really change fate?

Since ancient times, people from humble origins and poor families have changed their destiny through knowledge and gained a better life. There are many examples Knowledge does bring them a higher ideological pattern and a better life, but the essence is because of the personality of such people. Why do you say that?

Take the college entrance examination as an example. Can you say that millions of candidates in the country are all poor? I don't think so, and I believe that the third year of high school is the time when they have the richest knowledge, that is, people say that they know astronomy and geography, can do advanced mathematics and understand classical Chinese. Ten thousand college entrance examination students in Qian Qian are struggling on the wooden bridge of college entrance examination, but did the lucky ones who passed this wooden bridge really change their fate because of their knowledge? Actually, it is not. Knowledge can change fate. This is just a beautiful vision. How many people have not changed their fate, but have gradually declined in life. So we must question this sentence, and there is no need to praise it too much, because it is really unrealistic.

There is no necessary causal relationship between knowledge and fate. Knowledge is only a part of a person's quality, not the whole. This is why some successful people admire the theory of reading, while others say that the theory of reading is useless, which is a false proposition. Knowledge must be useful, so must reading. Especially in today's technologically advanced world, certain knowledge is necessary, but you can't completely expect knowledge to change your destiny, because more research shows that it is your personality that changes your destiny!

For example, Schopenhauer, a famous philosopher, also agreed that personality determines everything. He believes that knowledge only changes people's cognitive category, and personality cannot be changed. As I mentioned in previous articles, the strength of personality is engraved in genes. Even though the day after tomorrow will be changed by the environment, it has not changed in essence. It has been many years since humans evolved from apes to today, but human nature is hard to change. The most primitive nature of human beings is barbarism. Imagine that if we are not purified by education and bound by law now, it is estimated that the world will be in a panic, which is why some people will go to prison for decades. Even kneeling on the ground in tears can't change the atrocities in this man's bones!

Therefore, personality determines a person's life. Easy-going personality will bring you better popularity and opportunities, that is, change your destiny in disguise. People without perseverance or higher quality personality, even if they have more knowledge, will only retreat and escape when they encounter things, then their lives must be mediocre. There are many people who have not received a good education, but they are determined, easy-going, confident and humble, and can get along well with others. They are always ready to help others and often get help from others.

Therefore, knowledge may not change fate, but character will definitely decide fate.