Rarely in my life have I been the smartest person in the room and I am fine with this. I have come to see in the past decade that there is much to be gained by surrounding oneself with intelligent folk.Which makes me think that there is power of some sort to be found in knowledge.
Foucault (a french philosopher that I have never understood but is fun to quote) says that power and knowledge are not independent entities but are related—knowledge is always an exercise of power and power always a function of knowledge.
How then does knowledge give one power in the management of ones health? I have surrounded myself with some very smart doctors (A great team at the NIH. A world class doctor experienced with ECD at JHU. A general practitioner that loves exploration and enjoys a challenge. A Natural Doctor that has filled in the gaps). I feel better knowing I have these people on my team.
There is one problem though. At some point (particularly when dealing with our health) we reach the edge of human understanding and knowledge. That edge is often far closer to us then the destination we desire. I desperately want all my questions answered and yet the truth seems to be that much of what I desire to know has no answer.
Perhaps just perhaps there exists something even more powerful then knowledge, the ability to accept that which we cannot change.
Foucault (a french philosopher that I have never understood but is fun to quote) says that power and knowledge are not independent entities but are related—knowledge is always an exercise of power and power always a function of knowledge.
How then does knowledge give one power in the management of ones health? I have surrounded myself with some very smart doctors (A great team at the NIH. A world class doctor experienced with ECD at JHU. A general practitioner that loves exploration and enjoys a challenge. A Natural Doctor that has filled in the gaps). I feel better knowing I have these people on my team.
There is one problem though. At some point (particularly when dealing with our health) we reach the edge of human understanding and knowledge. That edge is often far closer to us then the destination we desire. I desperately want all my questions answered and yet the truth seems to be that much of what I desire to know has no answer.
Perhaps just perhaps there exists something even more powerful then knowledge, the ability to accept that which we cannot change.
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