What is knowledge? Kind of a weird thing to think about. Because you do know something, while at the same time you don't. Because, can you really know something?

If so, how? How can you be 100% sure of something? Or 90%? Can't there always be things you haven't taking into consideration, or simply do not understand? And if not, how do you know? Who will tell you that you know the truth in a certain matter? That you are right. Someone with more knowledge is more likely to correctly predict what will happen, and therefore deserve proper attention. But they can be wrong. Or can they?

A thing that, well, bothers me, is what seems to be a certain egoism of the human specie. The Not-In-My-Back-Yard syndrome. For instance, a lot of us agree that helping another human is a good thing. But when we are tried for it, in a large enough group, most of us won't help. We hide.

Same goes for the environment. A lot of us today realize something is changing. And we are unsure whether it is good. We know it is pretty good now, so we want to conserve that for the sake of everyone and everything. Put less carbon dioxide in the air, stop global warming. A lot of us believe that to be the right way. The way forward, the road to take. But do we take that road? Do we do the things that can reverse the damage done by global warming? Do we use our money to invest in solar panels, wind energy, proper isolation? Not everyone. Is it because that new TV or computer is more important? In the Western world, most of us do in fact have the money to invest in green energy. We just won't do it.

Same goes with meat. Meat is a huge source of CO2 and methane. Most of us agree on that. How many people that you know are eating less meat today because of the impact it has on the environment? We should eat less, but I am not. Maybe when we all are starting to eat less meat, I will do so too. But not now. Again, we stand at a distance and watch the damage to be done, because we think we are safe. But are we? Will our decision to watch not affect us in the end?

Would we evolve on time, or will we be too late to reverse the damage? In either way, we will be stuck with the damage that has already been done. Evolution takes time and energy, and adapting will be harder than preserving. Like an illness. We get an energy-draining fever to heal from an infection. That is what makes us feel so sick.

And if we just put on another coat, we wouldn't have caught that cold.