Due to the fact that the ego can be very cunning and
highly skilled at taking care of its own interests, then according
to Buddhist thought, it is actually possible for a
person to be intelligent and ignorant at the same time. This
is a somewhat paradoxical notion that requires further explanation
and is perhaps best understood by way of an
example. In contemporary academia, there are some individuals
who obtain their PhD and then continue to develop
knowledge and expertise in what is arguably a very narrow
and specialist area of knowledge. In many cases, such individuals
play a role in shaping the terrain, rules, and
boundaries of their given field of study. Put differently,
there is a certain type of person working in academia that
creates a bubble of knowledge, subject-specific terminology,
and conventions, and then proceeds to live in it. In this
bubble, they are the masters, the game developers, and rule
keepers.
Due to the fact that the ego can be very cunning andhighly skilled at taking care of its own interests, then accordingto Buddhist thought, it is actually possible for aperson to be intelligent and ignorant at the same time. Thisis a somewhat paradoxical notion that requires further explanationand is perhaps best understood by way of anexample. In contemporary academia, there are some individualswho obtain their PhD and then continue to developknowledge and expertise in what is arguably a very narrowand specialist area of knowledge. In many cases, such individualsplay a role in shaping the terrain, rules, andboundaries of their given field of study. Put differently,there is a certain type of person working in academia thatcreates a bubble of knowledge, subject-specific terminology,and conventions, and then proceeds to live in it. In thisbubble, they are the masters, the game developers, and rulekeepers.
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