The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil was not about wisdom or knowledge in general but about moral autonomy through sinful rebellion

Mike distinguishes between wisdom (skill at living, prudently obeying God) and the knowledge gained from the tree. The tree was not about gaining knowledge in general — eating it was an act of rebellion against God's command, and the knowledge it conveyed was the experiential knowledge of having done wrong: being thrust into a world of temptation and moral autonomy, making sinful decisions apart from God's will. The problem was not the knowledge per se but the rebellion and the resultant moral autonomy that came with it. God has used the fall for good and will continue to do so, but the act itself was a bad thing.