The Difference between Information, Knowledge and Wisdom

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Reflection:

"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put one in a fruit salad" - Miles Kington.

It's easier than ever to acquire all sorts of information, which an intelligent person can interpret and turn into knowledge.  That's usually not enough to guarantee a successful application of that knowledge, however.  Wisdom is the practical discrimination of that knowledge, which comes with experience and with common sense.

 

Comments

[Neil]

For any doubters that a Tomato is a fruit:
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutother/tomato

:-)

[Neil]

A good article about Systems Thinking and D-I-K-W at: http://www.systems-thinking.org/dikw/dikw.htm

[Choo Beng Hoe (Danny Choo)]

Well done, putting this perspective into Cartoon. It painted a clear pictures in sending such good message across. Keep up the good work.