Specialized knowledge without common sense endangers its owner

Evidence

The moral, says Vishnu Sharma: knowledge without common sense is dangerous to its own owner. The three scholars had the highest learning of their age. The fourth scholar — who knew nothing of skin or skeleton or breath — had the one piece of knowledge that mattered. … The piece of knowledge that mattered was this: a lion, once alive, will eat you. — , A Year of World Stories, 5547

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Complicated cleverness can be worse than simple sense — , A Year of World Stories, 5572; Rules without concrete instances are meaningless hindrances — Burton, Steven J, An Introduction to Law and Legal…, 148; Modern dangers are produced by socially organized knowledge, not nature — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 262

Broader Connections

• Complicated cleverness can be worse than simple sense #corroborates (0.75) — , A Year of World Stories, 5572
• Rules without concrete instances are meaningless hindrances #corroborates (0.60) — Burton, Steven J, An Introduction to Law and Legal…, 148