As Odysseus and his crew approach their next challenge, Odysseus tells them about the Sirens and how they will tempt the crew. He says, "then we die with our eyes open, if we are going to die, or know what death we baffle if we can". Odysseus seems to think that 'knowledge is power'. Do you agree with him? In a difficult situation do you think it is best to know your odds, or would you rather not know all the details of what you are up against?

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Douglas Brown

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8 August, 19:25

As Odysseus and his crew approach their next challenge, Odysseus tells them about the Sirens and how they will tempt the crew. He says, "then we die with our eyes open, if we are going to die, or know what death we baffle if we can". Odysseus seems to think that 'knowledge is power'. Do you agree with him? In a difficult situation do you think it is best to know your odds, or would you rather not know all the details of what you are up against?

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Odysseus is right about "Knowledge being power". This is because, being knowledgeable would afford you the ability to know how to solve your problems rather than neing ignorant and dieing in it. Without the knowldege about the Seriens, Odysseus and his crew could have perished.

I also believed that, it is the wise thing to know your odds in a difficult situation rather than bieng kept in the dark. Ignorance is an expensive act that has never benefited anyone.