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The absence of knowledge breeds guesses and assumptions in people.
However, when a person possesses erudition and understanding of the world, obvious facts do not cause them surprise.
For example, when a person knows that all objects are equally attracted to the earth because of gravity, this does not cause them amazement, unlike uneducated people.
So what did you bet on at first? An egg or a watermelon?
Maybe it's time to bet on Erudition?
Lack of knowledge breeds guesses and assumptions in people. When a person lacks erudition and understanding of the world, phenomena that have scientific explanations cause them surprise and confusion.
Erudition helps overcome illiteracy, because knowledge and understanding of the world allow a person to grasp obvious facts and not rely on assumptions and guesses.
When a person knows that all objects are equally attracted to the earth because of gravity, it does not cause them surprise, unlike uneducated people, who may marvel at this phenomenon.
