I would like to agree Malcom Forbe's point.
noone ever can 'know it all', so it doesn't seem that he really thinks there are people who know it all. I think, he infers his dislike of people who shows off with their knowledge and doesn't seem to accept that there are more knowledges s/he still needs to learn.
Nobody can know it all, even an intelligent person cannot know it all as new knowledges appear every time and we, people natuarally forget things because of causal reasons like old age, not using this knowledge much etc. For example, my mother. She's a very intelligent, well educated person who has a job of a teacher, well respected by people. However, she still doesn't know how to use the computer even though I taught her so many times! It was very confusing for me, as I am her daughter, who doesn't have alot of knowledge, knowing how to use computer very well. Maybe my mother doesn't know how to use the computer because of her old age.
Socrates, the famous philosopher plus who used to be the most intelligent person in the world in the past, even didn't accept the fact of himself being the most intelligent one in the world. He thought, there were more knowledges he needed to learn therefore, he kept on asking people, trying to gain more knowledge. Even this person, freaking intelligent still denies of knowing it all. So, I think, Malcom Forbe's quote means people who acknowledges that s/he knows all is actually arrogant and doesn't have alot of knowledge.
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