Power-filled or Peace-filled? By Deirdre McIlroy-Young
“Knowledge is power and ignorance is bliss”.
These are two well known sayings that are commonly put together. But is there any truth behind these words?
These concepts are very true, but the wording needs to be changed for the first phrase. Knowledge paired with understanding is power, and ignorance is bliss.
For if someone has all the knowledge in the world, but no understanding of what the ideas floating in their head mean, then would they have power? No. They would have a headache. But if that same person were to gain a deep understanding of the world’s knowledge, then not only would they know everything about the American government, but they would know exactly where to push to make it all come crumbling down. That’s power. …show more content…
The USA won. But in the end the Germans fell without the use of this horrendous weapon. Yet still the Japanese remained, but for how much longer? Almost seventy years ago the first atomic bomb was dropped on a sleeping Japanese city. By the end of the war between 100 000 and 150 000 civilians were dead. Imagine the person who gave the final order to drop these bombs. Imagine the people who made the bombs. Imagine what they felt, hearing about the damage that they had helped to cause. These Americans had the knowledge about the damage that the atomic bombs would cause. Together they had the power to prevent the death of tens of thousands. If I had that weight on my shoulders I would live a life with the shadow of grief looming over
“Knowledge is power and ignorance is bliss”.
These are two well known sayings that are commonly put together. But is there any truth behind these words?
These concepts are very true, but the wording needs to be changed for the first phrase. Knowledge paired with understanding is power, and ignorance is bliss.
For if someone has all the knowledge in the world, but no understanding of what the ideas floating in their head mean, then would they have power? No. They would have a headache. But if that same person were to gain a deep understanding of the world’s knowledge, then not only would they know everything about the American government, but they would know exactly where to push to make it all come crumbling down. That’s power. …show more content…
The USA won. But in the end the Germans fell without the use of this horrendous weapon. Yet still the Japanese remained, but for how much longer? Almost seventy years ago the first atomic bomb was dropped on a sleeping Japanese city. By the end of the war between 100 000 and 150 000 civilians were dead. Imagine the person who gave the final order to drop these bombs. Imagine the people who made the bombs. Imagine what they felt, hearing about the damage that they had helped to cause. These Americans had the knowledge about the damage that the atomic bombs would cause. Together they had the power to prevent the death of tens of thousands. If I had that weight on my shoulders I would live a life with the shadow of grief looming over