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|25 = '''That which we [[knowledge|know]] is a little thing; that which we do not know is immense. '''<br />
|25 = '''That which we [[knowledge|know]] is a little thing; that which we do not know is immense. '''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Pierre-Simon de Laplace]] (1749–1827), French [[physicist]] and [[mathematician]], systematizer and elaborator of [[probability theory]]</cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Pierre-Simon de Laplace]] (1749–1827), French [[physicist]] and [[mathematician]], systematizer and elaborator of [[probability theory]]</cite>
|26 = '''I've [[learning|learned]] very early the difference between [[knowledge|knowing]] the name of something and knowing something.'''<br />
|26 = '''I've learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Feynman]] (1918–1988), American [[physicist]]</cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Feynman]] (1918–1988), American [[physicist]]</cite>
     (taken from [http://web.me.com/dtrapp/Elements/elements.html here])
     (taken from [http://web.me.com/dtrapp/Elements/elements.html here])
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|30 = '''The more I [[desire|want]] to get something [[action|done]], the less I call it [[work]].'''<br />
|30 = '''The more I [[desire|want]] to get something [[action|done]], the less I call it [[work]].'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Bach]]</cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [[Richard Bach]]</cite>
|31 = '''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 [[judgement|judge]] what is [[reliability|reliable]] and [[relevance|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.'''<br />
|31 = '''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.'''<br />
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/the-masis-report_en.pdf MASIS report] of the [[European Commission]]<br /></cite>
     <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— [http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/the-masis-report_en.pdf MASIS report] of the European Commission<br /></cite>
|32 = '''It is the mark of an [[education|educated]] [[mind]] to be able to entertain a [[thought]] without accepting it.'''<br />
|32 = '''It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.'''<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>
|33 = '''[[Knowledge]] is not simply another [[commodity]]. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by [[diffusion]] and grows by [[dispersion]].'''<br />
|33 = '''[[Knowledge]] is not simply another [[commodity]]. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by [[diffusion]] and grows by [[dispersion]].'''<br />

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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Confucius

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