The more we know, the more we can draw analogies, and the more we can use those analogies to infer, deduce, analyze, and evaluate our past assumptions—all of which increases and refines our growing internal platform of knowledge. The converse is equally true, with harsh implications for our present and future society: the less we know, the fewer possibilities we have for drawing analogies, for increasing our inferential and analytical powers, and for expanding and applying our general knowledge.
