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Knowing is knowing, and not knowing is not knowing.
Ding Zhaozhong, a world-famous physicist and a Chinese American who won the Nobel Prize in Physics, once said "I don't know" about many questions when he was interviewed by CCTV's "Son of the East".

When he gave an academic report to the teachers and students of China Southern Airlines, he was asked three questions by his classmates, three of which were unknown: "Do you think humans can find dark matter and antimatter in space?" I don't know. "Do you think the scientific experiment you are engaged in has any economic value?" I don't know. "Can you talk about the development direction of physics in less than 20 years?" "I don't know."

I don't know if I ask three questions! This surprised all the students present, but soon won warm applause from the audience. Perhaps, when some people say "I don't know", they are often considered ignorant and ignorant. But Mr. Dante's "I don't know" embodies a kind of humility in life and a rigorous attitude of scientists in academic research, which can't help but make people respect.

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"Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, just knowing." Knowing is knowing, and not knowing is not knowing. This is true wisdom. ?

The word "knowledge" in "knowledge also" leads to "wisdom" (meaning wisdom).

This is a famous saying of Confucius, which is used to remind people to treat knowledge with honesty and not to be hypocritical and proud. It is necessary to develop a down-to-earth, serious attitude towards learning, a style of seeking truth from facts, and avoid reckless and grandiose atmosphere. Tell everyone to study with an open mind and don't pretend to understand.

Confucius advocated that "knowing is knowing, and not knowing is not knowing", and he kept his mouth shut about things he didn't know, so people with below-average intelligence certainly couldn't know everything. Admitting what you know and what you don't know is an honest attitude and the smartest attitude, except those mysterious things.

Only if you don't know can you know. Lv Duan and Song Taizong, ministers of the Song Dynasty, called him "not careless in small matters, not careless in big matters", which is a good example of abandoning "Xiao Zhi" as "great wisdom". Based on this, Zhang Shizhi defended Shanglin Wei in Hanshu, which was understood by Wendi.

Judging from Lutz's straightforward personality, Confucius hopes that what he remembers is unlikely to be a learning attitude. Confucius may have said another meaning: "Luz, you can remember that you should know what you should know, but even if you know, pretend not to know." This is true wisdom. "