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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Personal Essay by Sammi Lenertz

The Internet is home to over 1.8 billions websites. There are nearly 130 million books on Earth. There are roughly 6,500 languages spoken. Needless to say, this is a lot of information.

Scientists say that at the moment, it’s impossible to know it all. Even the content of a million websites would be extremely difficult to find out. Just fifty million books would cause a headache. And a thousand languages would be absolutely mind breaking.

You can’t ‘know everything’. It’s not only a fact, but common sense as well. You have no way of figuring out what I thought on May 17th, 2014, at 1:03 pm.  Even I don’t know that. So, therefore, you can’t know everything.

So why do some people act like they do? Is it to annoy others? Convince them you’re smarter? Or are you actually convinced you’re the human iPhone?

I suppose for some people, it’s just their nature. To help you guys out, here are a few tips for figuring you’re not Einstein back from the dead.


Admit you’re wrong.

If you act like you’re always correct, people will just eventually become annoyed. Don’t sell yourself short, but be humble, too.

Listen to others.

Chances are, somebody knows something you don’t. Pay attention, even if you ‘need’ to.

Give others a chance.

Don’t raise your hand for the hundredth time in a row if someone else is, too. Give others time to shine—the spotlight wasn’t made for you.

Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed it, and that you learned a bit, too.

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