“On our plane knowledge and ignorance are the immemorial adversaries.”
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To-day it appears as though it may well be altogether abolished in the future as it has to some extent been mitigated in the past by the unceasing, and as it now appears, unlimited ascent of man to knowledge, and through knowledge to physical power and dominion over Nature.
A paradigm shift, where, in addition to physical inputs for farming, a focused emphasis placed on knowledge inputs can be a promising way forward. This knowledge-based approach will bring immense returns, particularly in rain fed and dry land farming areas.
Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.
International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.