It is better to fill your head with useless knowledge than no knowledge at all.

Jim Hinckley
It is better to fill your head with useless knowledge...
It is better to fill your head with useless knowledge...
It is better to fill your head with useless knowledge...
It is better to fill your head with useless knowledge...
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Many people say that they cannot afford to spend the time required to learn a new subject. When they say this, they usually mean that they would rather not spend their time learning useless knowledge because it will not help them in their daily lives. However, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. If a person has a large quantity of useless knowledge, the chances are high that the person will be confused and forgetful as well as being distracted from more important skills. In his book, “The Pursuit of Wasted Time ,” Bertrand Russell quotes the English philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson as saying:

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