"…claimed that he had solved the problem already but declined now to share it on the interesting and inventive grounds that it would rob others of the satisfaction of discovering the answer for themselves."
Questions: Does this help the world when people hold back information? To find the answer themselves, does that make people on the same level with each other?
Comments: This caught my eye quicker then most of the other quotes did. For me, I think I could relate to this on a daily basis. People always ask me for help on math, and I help them. But the thing is, am I limiting their curiosity by telling them the answer? What I find funny is that a lot of the time, no matter how many times you explain something to someone, sometimes they just never understand it. Does that mean our generation has a fluctuation in levels of knowledge so vast that there is a definable difference? This really comes to the question, "Do you think if you tell someone a package of knowledge that it helps them come up with new ideas or does it really deprive them of figuring it out?" I know I get frustrated when I don't understand something and I want help on it. But whatever knowledge I gain, I remember to a good extent. I could build on that knowledge, but some people can't. How do you break this knowledge barrier? It may also be because people aren't as curious about something as perhaps another person is.