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|04 = '''Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus [[knowledge]] itself is [[power]]).'''<br /> | |04 = '''Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est (And thus [[knowledge]] itself is [[power]]).'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Francis Bacon|Sir Francis Bacon]] (1561 - 1626), ''Religious Meditations, Of Heresies''</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Francis Bacon|Sir Francis Bacon]] (1561 - 1626), ''Religious Meditations, Of Heresies''</cite> | ||
|05 = ''' | |05 = '''Knowledge is the true organ of sight, not the eyes.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— From the | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— From the ''Panchatantra'' [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/440899/Panchatantra (Indian literature)]</cite> | ||
|06 = '''It is no good to try to stop [[knowledge]] from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.'''<br /> | |06 = '''It is no good to try to stop [[knowledge]] from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Enrico Fermi]] (1901–1954)</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Enrico Fermi]] (1901–1954)</cite> | ||
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|27 = '''Whereof one cannot [[speech|speak]], thereof one must be [[silence|silent]].'''<br /> | |27 = '''Whereof one cannot [[speech|speak]], thereof one must be [[silence|silent]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Ludwig Wittgenstein</cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Ludwig Wittgenstein</cite> | ||
|28 = '''[[Word]]s are only | |28 = '''[[Word]]s are only postage stamps delivering the object for you to unwrap.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[George Bernard Shaw]] </cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[George Bernard Shaw]] </cite> | ||
|29 = '''The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.'''<br /> | |29 = '''The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.'''<br /> | ||
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|34 = '''The only source of [[knowledge]] is experience.'''<br /> | |34 = '''The only source of [[knowledge]] is experience.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Albert Einstein]]<br /></cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Albert Einstein]]<br /></cite> | ||
|35 = '''All the | |35 = '''All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Martin H. Fischer<br /></cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Martin H. Fischer<br /></cite> | ||
|36 = ''' | |36 = '''Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Martin H. Fischer<br /></cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Martin H. Fischer<br /></cite> | ||
|37 = '''Real | |37 = '''Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]<br /></cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]<br /></cite> | ||
|38 = '''Words constitute the ultimate texture and stuff of our [[morale|moral being]], since they are the most refined and delicate and detailed, as well as the most universally used and understood, of the [[symbolism]]s whereby we express ourselves into existence.'''<br /> | |38 = '''Words constitute the ultimate texture and stuff of our [[morale|moral being]], since they are the most refined and delicate and detailed, as well as the most universally used and understood, of the [[symbolism]]s whereby we express ourselves into existence.'''<br /> | ||
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<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[William Butler Yeats]]<br /></cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[William Butler Yeats]]<br /></cite> | ||
|42 = '''…it is what you learn by [[writing]] that gives the work its pull.'''<br /> | |42 = '''…it is what you learn by [[writing]] that gives the work its pull.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— David McCullough, from ''Mornings on Horseback''<br /></cite> | ||
|43 = '''Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.'''<br /> | |43 = '''Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Wislawa Szymborska<br /> | ||
|44 = '''There are in fact two things, [[science]] and | |44 = '''There are in fact two things, [[science]] and opinion; the former begets [[knowledge]], the latter ignorance.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Hippocrates]]''<br /></cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Hippocrates]]''<br /></cite> | ||
|45 = '''Well begun is half done.'''<br /> | |45 = '''Well begun is half done.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Aristotle]]''<br /></cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Aristotle]]''<br /></cite> | ||
|46 = '''Every minute of every day, millions of curious [[ape]]s click billions of [[hyperlink|links]], each tracing their own miniature voyages of [[discovery]].'''<br /> | |46 = '''Every minute of every day, millions of curious [[ape]]s click billions of [[hyperlink|links]], each tracing their own miniature voyages of [[discovery]].'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Martin Robbins in a [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/sep/28/science-journalism-spoof blog post] for [[The Guardian]]''<br /></cite> | ||
|47 = '''Study the past if you would divine the future.'''<br /> | |47 = '''Study the past if you would divine the future.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]]<br /></cite> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Confucius]]]<br /></cite> | ||
Revision as of 15:28, 9 March 2024
The problem is not how to increase an already large stock of information but how to increase people’s ability to find useful information, to judge what is reliable and relevant for them at that moment, to make sense of the sometimes conflicting information with which they are faced, and then to engage in communication and discussion when appropriate.
— MASIS report of the European Commission
—add a quotation about knowledge or writing