In general, people accumulate knowledge gradually over a long period of time. However, there are extraordinary people all around us, who are capable of accumulating impressive amounts of knowledge within a relatively short period of time. Nevertheless, even the greatest genius possesses only a small fraction of all knowledge known by mankind. Finally, the following question arises: how large is all the existing knowledge in comparison to the space of ignorance?.Eraldo Banovac
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The answer to this question is quite astonishing. The answer to the above question lies, not in the stars but in the human mind. The human mind is capable of storing more information than can be expressed in all the books written by all the world's scientists, thinkers and researchers.
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