What I Already Know

“It’s what we know already that often prevents us from learning.”                                                              – Claude Bernard

One of my email newsletters brought me this quote Wednesday.  Most of my feeds get read, acknowledged and deleted.  But at this one I paused.  What is it about this quote that strikes me as important?

I checked out Claude Bernard.  He was a man of science in the 1800’s.  His field was physiology and medicine.  This line was pulled from “An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine.”  He believed in scientific observation, and counseled an open mind when experiments were undertaken.

Four days gone, and I’m still asking the question.  What do I already know that is preventing me from learning?  If I wait and am willing to hear – have the courage to hear – it will be revealed.

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