My dear college graduates, you have hopefully acquired a great deal of knowledge here over

these past years, but in life, knowledge is considerably less important than wisdom.

Here then are five ideas for your life.

One, the greatest struggle in your life should not be, and in fact is not, with society.

It is with yourself.

This idea taught by every great religion is not taught today.

Instead, we're taught that we have to battle society.

It's sexism, racism, prejudices, and its other flaws.

The overwhelming temptation is therefore to see whatever problems you have as coming

from society, not from within yourself.

But in a free and decent society such as ours, it is our own flawed human nature, not a

flawed society.

That is our biggest problem.

Two, use your common sense.

For example, when you hear the words, studies show outside of the natural sciences, and

you find that these studies show the opposite of what common sense suggests, be very skeptical.

I don't recall ever coming across a valid study that contravened common sense.

For example, I was told when I was in college that studies show that boys and girls are

not inherently different, that they differ only because parents raise them in a sexist

manner.

This was nonsense then, and it is even more nonsensical now since we have brain scans

that show how different the male and female brains are.

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