Can you ever know what you don't know?

This is a philosophical question: can you ever know what you don't know?

This is a blindspot for most Hong Kongers.

We are confined to an island, yet we proudly think that we are the world.

So in turn, we think we know everything, thanks to the reporting styles of Apple Daily.

We think that we know what's going on in the world through the lens of Apple Daily.

But unfortunately, we never know what we don't know.

The problem lying underneath is that we have too much confidence.

We think that what we know is the truth, and we think that what we know is the entire truth. No suspense. No doubt.

This is dangerous.

We are wired to think a certain way because our education system especially the local school dse curriculum emphasizes standard answers, with no negotiation for leeway.

So in the end, we become like a product or money machine in a factory line with little independent thinking.

We tend to think in one direction, because we think that this is the majority. If it is the majority, it has to be mainstream and therefore valid.

When a black swan phenomenon appears, we can get wiped out easily because none of us has prepared for any contingency plan.

I think the problem still lies in this: we don't know what we don't know.

And we think that we know it all.