Too much knowledge is a bad thing?

Danger, Professor Robinson!

The unquenchable thirst of mankind for knowledge seem insatiable. From the time of cavemen, people had always wanted to know what is on the other side - of the river, of the horizon, of the hill, of the rainbow, of the sky and so on...
There are a lot of things that man is learning every day. Some are pure theories but seem to make sense so everybody accepts it as the gospel truth - like the Theory of Evolution for example. It makes sense and man cannot dispute it, hence he accepts it, putting two and two together.Now, people in power in certain countries think they should withhold some information away from public knowledge in the name of national security and government secret. Others will cry that this abuse of power and that the public should be made available to this important information for their scrutiny.
Information is power they say, hence, people will little knowledge would think they know everything. However, if they dwell further and further into the sea of knowledge, only then would they realise that there is always an answer to a question which raises yet another question and another till there is no infinity.
In some cultures, things related to the birds and the bees are best unspoken and left in the confines of each others' imagination. Secrets of bodily pleasures and the forbidden apple is left to be discovered after a laborious ceremony with the nod of the moons and the stars with a pledge of public declaration of intent! With time, this restrictions have succumbed to liberation and 'self protection'.
Truth about the beginning of time and man as well as the future is a constant curiosity to mankind. They have brought in God into the equation to answer some of them. Although it pacifies some believers, it does not convince other naysayers. They demand proofs for this and that. The believers say that some things are better not known nor questioned. Herein also lies the dilemma whose God is the truthful One and his respective believers claim superiority.
Now, psychiatrist argue that the constant over bombardment of information confuses the young mind and stunts their mental maturity. A 26 year old man today is equivalent to a 21 year old man one generation previously, due to stunting of their mental maturation!
Now I am more confused....

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