Knowledge Definition and 383 Threads

Knowledge is the solutions to problems, whether they be mathematical, scientific, or practical. When I look at science or math for instance, I see a rat race. We always seem to be chasing down solutions to our problems or just for the fun of it. Yet everytime we think we have found that...

Does the scientific method mark the coexistence between belief and actual science, and describe tenets that involve a religion of information? Its prediction of world events may apply equally to measuring the electron's mass, or consequently to the conviction in its own efficacy. The...

so, I'm currently working on my bachelor's in mathematics, and seriously considering going on to pursue a PhD after that. Currently, I'm frustrated (not for long, semester is nearly over) with my calc II course and "matrix theory and linear algebra", though not so much the latter as the former...

I don't know anything about programming. Is it okay if I start with assembly? And more importantly, how can I begin to use assembly without any knowledge. If you could offer me a book / website, I'd really be pleased.

Hi, New to this forum and my physics isn't great, and i need to improve a hell of a lot for this years exams :-p. Firstly, Could someone explain to me how the Earth sits in a static orbit with the sun, in that they don't move closer to each other. As i thought until tonight, that...

hello! Nice to communicate with your guys! I'm a student who is studying in double E subject. I found some problems when I'm doing the new project this term. Is there some one can help me to say something about the principle of the frequency to voltage converter? I'm really confusing with this...

Same rules. One answer per customer. Try to be honest and supply your answer without simply looking it up somewhere. Rely on your own knowledge. 1) In Thomsen's Three-Age System, the Iron Age begins first in which continent: Asia, Europe, or Africa? 2) Who was the mother of the god Horus...

Hello! :smile: Einstein has been know to say, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." My friend, who I often learn science from, also encourages me to use my imagination when learning about science...and it indeed has done wonders for me! I am interested in anecdotes from...

Atoms have organized themselves into structures that have the capacity of thought and self awareness. With this in mind, one has to wonder/ask as to how deep into the atomic world does mind penetrate? To some the answer is obvious, that consciousness (mind/energy) is all there is in the...

A little quiz. Answer only yes or no. If you feel the need to add something other than yes or no, place it at the end of the post please. 1) Have US economic and military activities caused social/economic problems in the Middle East? 2) If your answer to Q1 was yes, is the US...

Is possible a systematic unification of the scientific knowledge? Make it sense? If so, what would be the profits and limitations of any interdisciplinary work in so distanct areas as Neurosciences, Ethology and Physics? (excepting technical applications of one field on other) Is being...

The Scientific Method is based on empirical evidence that can be duplicated and verified by more than one person or group. The operative word here is EMPIRICAL. Empirical: that which is observed or experienced; capable of being verified or disproved by observation...

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say no, but I'd still like to see what arguments you guys can produce for and against. My guess is you've probably discussed this before, but I'd still like to see it.

Don't listen when they tell you "KNOWLEDGE IS POWER." Knowledge, in the end, buys only fear, isolation, and sadness. Knowledge is darkness. Knowledge is sitting alone in the dark in your bedroom listening to wonderful music that you can't share with anyone because no one you know has...

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I have a program due in couple hours. Professor expects us to know C++ when we never really went over programming; he expects us to just know it .. anyhow I have two inputs used with scanf it's toll and norm these two values need to be put into a data file created by the program...

Fire. It consumes things, transforming them, jumping from place to place. It gets put out though, a fire never engulfs the entire universe, not even the whole planet. Power. It consumes things, transforming them, jumping form place to place. It gets put out though, a power never controls...

The bible verses above ask us To Know something Beyond Knowledge. My question is, if it is really beyond knowledge, how can i know it?

Before I begin, I found a great web site, The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy,http://www.utm.edu/research/iep. I've been doing some reading to gett a better handle on some philosophy terms. This is both a question and a topic for discussion if anyone is interested. Now I will define...

I've just entered the high school teaching profession after fiteen years as a professional engineer working for Ford, GM etc, and I need a bit of refreshing my skill base. The highest level I am teaching is British A level (17-18 yr old high school) qualifications - which is well inside my...

..is what humans are built for. I seriously don't think that we can know everything, or frankly should even bother to try. The beauty of thought, from birds all the way to Einstein, is the way we can approximate answers that aren't absolutely perfect, but that are good 'working models'. It is...

I'm sure this forum is frequented by people claiming to have proven or disproven aspects of relativity. In this case I am appealing to those with greater knowledge than mine, specifically in regards to the constancy of light-speed. The case has been made to me that the speed of light is not...

Other then teaching, what good is philosophy to each of us? Is it useful to our everyday reality? Is the speculation necessary? Or is it just human to ponder?

If the universe acts and evolves according to hidden structure such as the theories of modern physics and mathematics, then if this cosmic structure manifest also as microstructures such as that of the human mind, then by this could we intrinsically recognize alleged truths such as the existence...

When I first learned long ago that huge moon during moonrise is not optical distortion, but pure human mind produced illusion, I was quite astonished. http://www.amnh.org/naturalhistory/city_of_stars/21_full_moon.html It is explained away by fact that for human, atmosphere above seems...

I was wondering how it could be possible to make some other ("sci-fi" thinking, I know...) intelligent lifeform aware of human knowledge and scientific status by means of a symbol or something - assuming of course that this other lifeform can interpret two-dimensional vector graphics as a means...

Hmm... I have a new hypothesis on how knowledge (or at least, scientific knowledge) works. Knowledge, imho is does not proceed from divine inspiration, or random spurts, or gradual building up, but in a combination of these processes via a system akin to evolution. 1. Mutation. This comes...

"Faith and Knowledge" by Jacques Derrida "Faith and Knowledge" by Jacques Derrida Like others before, the new 'wars of religion' unleash themselves over the human Earth (which is not the world) and struggle even today to control the sky with fingers and eyes: digital systems and virtually...

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Here I ask if complete self-knowledge must include an infinite line of reasoning. That line would evolve from infinite introspections, each necessary to accommodate the previous external reference to knowledge accumulated. Shades of Goedel's incompleteness theorem, or more simply, the Cretan...

I heard there is a certain way to find a certain digit of Pi without knowing the digits before it. Now i tried to make a search on it, and i got some pages, but frankly couldn't understand anything in them ! So i would appreciate if someone could explain to me in a simple way how to figure out...

Knowledge is the form (external). Wisdom is the essence (internal). What point is knowledge? if it doesn't exist to serve wisdom? Which is more important? The (external) facts? Or, the (internal) experience which leads to the facts? Is it only knowledge that we seek? (physical...

Dear Reader, I've a list of questions and would be thankful if you give your set of answers and let us start a discussion on these answers. I will reveal my answers after having seen yours . New questions to be added to the list are also much appreciated. 01. What is your definition of...