“Decisions are always made with insufficient information. If you really knew what was going on, the decision would make itself.” — Jack McDevitt, Odyssey
Tag: knowledge
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“It is the knowledge learned yesterday which is most freely imparted today.” — George Henry Lewes, The Principles of Success in Literature
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“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge; it requires no accountability, no understanding.” — Bill Bullard, “For the Faculty,” Commencement 2007, San Francisco University High School
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“The pride which follows the sudden emancipation of the mind from ignorance of any subject, is accompanied by a feeling that all the world must be in the state of darkness from which we have ourselves emerged.” — George Henry Lewes, The Principles of Success in Literature
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“We seem somehow bored with thinking. We want to instantly know. … And knowing … is the cessation of thinking.” — Maria Popova, [Unedited] Maria Popova with Krista Tippett
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“There will always be people who are ahead of the curve, and people who are behind the curve. But knowledge moves the curve.” — Bill James, The Mind of Bill James
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“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” — Isaac Asimov, Isaac Asimov’s Book of Science and Nature Questions
