Anne-Laure Le Cunff @neuranne
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Anne-Laure Le Cunff @neuranne
Remember that knowledge is a process, not a possession.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Building an Antilibrary: The Power of Unread Books
“Knowledge is power,” wrote Francis Bacon. But Bacon’s vast knowledge did not keep him from taking bribes and falling into disgrace. Clearly, Bacon’s knowledge did not have the power to save him from himself.[a.] What Bacon overlooked, we now make explicit: Knowledge is useful in the service of an appropriate Model of the Universe[b.] , and not oth
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Richard Feynman once wrote, “If you ever hear yourself saying, ‘I think I understand this,’ that means you don’t.”
Steven Pinker • The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
"I grew up implicitly thinking that intelligence was this, like really special human thing and kind of somewhat magical. And I now think that it's sort of a fundamental property of matter..." @sama
Mark Twain said a century ago, “It’s not what you don’t know that gets you into trouble, it’s what you know for sure that ain’t so.
Tom Kelley • Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All
Knowledge is a process, not a possession
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Why I have an antilibrary (the power of unread books)
A person acquiring a meme faces the same logical challenge as a scientist. Both must discover a hidden explanation. For the former, it is an idea in the minds of other people; for the latter, a regularity or law of nature.