English Education Thoughts

"We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter"

"Knowledge is the superpower of the 21st century. Even the smartest people alive when I was born did not know what 10-year-olds today have available to them. That’s truly cause for hope"

"What we call knowledge does not and cannot have the purpose of producing representations of an independent reality, but instead has an adaptive function"

"Our brains are really not equipped to process events on the geologic scale—at least in reference to how we choose to live, or what we choose to do in the here and now"

"It makes no sense to seek a single best way to represent knowledge—because each particular form of expression also brings its particular limitations. For example, logic-based systems are very precise, but they make it hard to do reasoning with analogies . Similarly, statistical systems are useful for making predictions, but do not serve well to represent the reasons why those predictions are sometimes correct"

"As we know, There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know, there are known unknowns, that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we do not know we do not know"

"The knowable world is incomplete if seen from any one point of view, incoherent if seen from all points of view at once, and empty if seen from nowhere in particular"

"Knowledge is one of the most scarce of all resources and a pricing system economizes on its use by forcing those with the most knowledge of their own particular situation to make bids for goods and resources based on that knowledge, rather than on their ability to influence other people in planning commissions, legislatures, or royal palaces"

"He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool . Shun him. He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is simple . Teach him. He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep . Wake him. He who knows, and knows that he knows, is wise . Follow him"

"Men are four: He who knows not and knows not he knows not, he is a fool—shun him; He who knows not and knows he knows not, he is simple—teach him; He who knows and knows not he knows, he is asleep—wake him; He who knows and knows he knows, he is wise—follow him!"

"There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know that they know; and those who know that they know"

"I shall maintain that there simply is no such thing as philosophical knowledge , nor any philosophical way of knowing anything, and defend the humble point that philosophy is indeed the love of wisdom"