[Guille]

In order to find a good description of knowledge, I have been searching about Knowledge and knowledge quotations. Which one do you find more "correct"? Here there is a brief list:

---The only thing I know is that I know nothing-Socrates.
---In first place let we end with Socrates, because I'm tired of hearing this invention that knowing nothing is a sing of knowledge/wisdom-Isaac Asimov
---What we know is a drop of water, what we ignore is the whole ocean-Isaac Newton.
---We must never mixed knowledge with wisdom. The first one is what serves us to gain our lifes. The second one is what helps us to live-Sorcha Carey.
---The supreme wisdom is having big enough dreams so that we don't loose them in the road-William Faulkner.
---The supreme wisdom that exists is understanding oneself-Galileo Galilei.
---It's not enough achieving wisdom: it's necessary knowing how to use it-Marco Tulio Ciceron.
---All men are wise: some before, some later-Chinese Proverb.
---Knowing is remembering-Aristotle.

I have many other quotations from all times. But it's too much to put in one post. If any of you want more of them, just send me an e-mail or private message.

My actually opinion is that I agree with all of them: none o them is wrong, although some contradicts another one.....Its difficult to explain.

[dleviwing]

Guille;
I have always been an admirer of Isaac Asimov for his no nonsense science and his fascinating SiFi novels.
From my other posts, you can also tell I believe Sorcha Carey. Don't confuse knowledge with wisdom.

Best regards;
Dave

[Guille]

My favourite ones are William Faulkner's and Sorcha carey's because of their demonstration of knowledge, by defining it without using it.

[Guille]

I still think about these subjects.....
In reality, knowledge should be defined as the memorized information. If you can't remember something, how can you prove you know it?

[dleviwing]

Many people consider libraries to be depositories of knowledge.
Does knowledge need to be a part of human memory to be knowledge?

[Guille]

dleviwing,

Imagine I know the number PI until it's first zero of the decimal points. But I forget the last 10 until it. Now, I KNOW until decimal __ but not until 0, because off my MEMORY.
Knowledge, in reality, depends on memory. If there is something written in a book in a library, and nobody knows it, then, who knows, it may be the key for the TOE....

[dleviwing]

Guille;
Have you ever had a moment that you were unable to access knowledge that you are aware is in your memory someplace. Not having access to the knowledge does not negate its existence. As long as the source of the knowledge exists, the possibility to transfer it to the brain is there. It's called learning. J

[Guille]

Originally Posted by dleviwing Guille; Have you ever had a moment that you were unable to access knowledge that you are aware is in your memory someplace. Not having access to the knowledge does not negate its existence. As long as the source of the knowledge exists, the possibility to transfer it to the brain is there. It's called learning. J

Hmm......Good arguments.
I guess I have to re-think about knowledge.
P.s.: please, read my last comment on the thread about "The cause of gravity". I'm interested in your opinion either by post or PM, if you are able. Thanks.

[dleviwing]

Originally Posted by <<>> P.s.: please, read my last comment on the thread about "The cause of gravity". I'm interested in your opinion either by post or PM, if you are able. Thanks.

Careful Guillermo, you may be going too far out on a limb with that statement.
Are you asking me if I have a different theory of Gravity? If so, I'll PM the answer to you.

[Guille]

Knowledge is the existence of information.

Learning is the acquaintance with information.

Thus, learning creates knowledge.

Memory is the "proof" of knowledge i.e. of the existence of information.

The ability of taking in the learned information is intelligence.

Connecting all of these postulates, we get:

Knowledge is the intelligence information, obtained by learning and reserved in our memory.