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Frank Cotolo
September 18, 2014 |
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Recently, someone said to me that these columns make too much sense and that put into question my
knowledge on everything. After all, my critic said, "How could you know so much about so many
things?"
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I told him (or her, because I respect the privacy of Mark McCullen, who asked me), "It is better to
know a bit about everything than a lot about one specific thing."
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"But," he said, "a little knowledge is dangerous."
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"Therefore," I said, "a lot of knowledge is a powder keg."
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"No explosion of knowledge," my critic said, "is worth losing a limb over."
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"True," I responded while lighting a pipe, "but as Shakespeare wrote, 'limb for limb what we know
hast no divine intention.'"
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"Is that really Shakespeare?"
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"I know a little about Shakespeare."
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"Not a lot."
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"No. Because it is better to know a bit about everything than a lot about one specific thing."
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"But," he said, "a little knowledge is dangerous."
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"Therefore," I said, "a lot of knowledge is a powder keg."
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"No explosion of knowledge," my critic said, "is worth losing a limb over."
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"True," I responded while lighting a pipe, "but as Shakespeare wrote, 'limb for limb what we know
hast no divine intention.'"
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"Is that really Shakespeare?"
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"I know a little about Shakespeare."
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"Not a lot."
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"No. Because it is better to know a bit about everything than a lot about one specific thing."
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