Knowledge and Wisdom!

How can we differentiate between knowledge and wisdom!?

Tam Tran, Yohei Onodera, 端木 卓健/ Hashiki Takuken, +3 like this
Bert Robinson
Mijian, Good Point. It is commonly believed that the two are synonymous. However there have been many wise people throughout history that were not what we referred to as, well-educated. Wisdom frequently seems to be something we have or do not have. Certainly a well-educated person can acquire wisdom through knowledge.


RAO G
wisdom comes from knowledge.


RAM SUNDER SINGH
Wisdom is enlightened stage which is preceded by meditation and awareness.
A knowledgeable person may make journey to wisdom but when stops at the point of awareness, s/he is likely to deprived by its immense accrual.


Bert Robinson
Or is it that knowledge comes from wisdom? If we have the wisdom to acquire knowledge then wisdom is the key factor.


Salem Abusaif
Knowledge is dangerous if it is not joined with wisdom


Chris Davis
Wow. knowledge tells me the wife is unhappy. wisdom tells me what action if any I should take. Knowledge is dead it's facts and info. wisdom is alive and dynamic as it informs our actions


Abhijit Deb
Knowledge could be just theoretical understanding of a subject (not always though) but Wisdom (or applied knowledge) comes from practicality – I guess.


James Harrison
Wise men avoid a problem the clever ones( knowledgeable) tackles it.


Tam Tran
1. Theoretical explanation: Wisdom = from Knowledgeable to Knowledge-able.

2. Practical comparison: Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.


Bert Robinson
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. Thomas Jefferson


Mijan Rahman
Thank you all for your valuable contribution and feedback for enhancing and rectifying my learning! I have another problem with wisdom and insights! I would request you to comment on the relation and difference between wisdom and insight!


Clem Molloy
While knowledge may form part of wisdom, a broad understanding of how the world works may help in making decisions in the absence of specific knowledge or expertise. Wisdom per se is often hard to define. However, in fostering applied wisdom the following elements have proven useful: (1) Valuing people, (2) Developing broad awareness, (3) Deep understanding, (4) Discerning foresight, (5) Reflective integration of 1-4. In this context, wisdom is broader than knowledge.


THOMAS AW
................. as long as you are aware ............... without the need, to cling to that

WOW


Joseph Cooper
Wisdom is ones collective experiences and knowledge is ones collective learning


Edward Simangunsong
we use knowledge to solve problems with technical discipline and use wisdom to solve problems with philosophy ...


Wayne Uejio
Knowledge and wisdom are different. Some would say knowledge is data and wisdom is the ability to use the data. To me knowledge is data and the process to use it. (Hopefully with the background to know why the process works and reason behind it) Wisdom is the ability to use or not use it depending on the situation. i.e. think outside the box and decide to act or not act sometimes with knowledge or going against knowledge.


David Goodman
Wisdom is the useful application of knowledge.


Jimmy Parija
Knowledge - Something is inherited, acquired or obtained from someone or external world. Something that is told to us.
Wisdom: Something that is generated, created from inside your own. It is something that is given from us to the external world.

With knowledge you get the ability to solve a problem given to you. With wisdom you can see problems waiting to be solved, which is a more powerful quality than solving.


Mario Chimoy
Knowledge is to have the information, understand it and know how to use.

Wisdom is something deeper, more human and requires greater awareness. Wisdom requires knowledge of the human soul, human behavior, nature and its ecological balance. So the wise can solve unstructured problems.

A grandfather is wiser ... not because he has more knowledge ... is wiser that it comprises better human and the world. So you can give better advice and suggest approaches or solutions to unstructured problems.


Wayne Uejio
Had another thought on this subject, we throw around the words - information, data, knowledge and wisdom. Do we really know what these words mean?

here are my thoughts on this:

Data - is just that, numbers, words, with no context

Information - is a little more interesting. The dictionary definition of information is the amount of data needed to make a decision. I assume the data is put into context. I know some people that make decisions with no data and try justifying the decision. I like the definition of information as data in context. i.e. 1 is the data and the context is mm (measure of length) and is the tolerance for a machine drill hole in a car. Next would be where on the car.

Knowledge means you know the answers to the what, where, how, why, when, etc. about the data and the processes to create and use the data.

Wisdom means you understand the answers and when to ignore the process and go outside the box.


Bert Robinson

Isn't this a matter of semantics?

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The one and only error of nature!

The one and only error of nature is the existence of human beings within it!

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Salem Abusaif
Greed


Jay Wren
Interesting thought, Mijan.

THOMAS AW
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Five Natural elements dancing, joyously .....................


Anjan Kumar Bhattacharjee
Human beings , it seems found it out. Now they are trying to destroy this natural disaster [or error] by eliminating themselves.


J M Garg
Sorry, could not get it, Mijan. Will you please elaborate a little.


Bert Robinson
Mijan, I like this subject. Well, the question is, is humanity a mistake of nature? Something that's developed that should've never developed and is now the dominant species on the planet. If we cannot find similar life anyplace else any time in the distant future, then possibly humanity was a mistake of nature.


Mijan Rahman
Thanks everybody for your nice comments and valuable contribution which enlightened me on the way of overcoming my darkness. However, I'd like to supplement some thoughts on the subject to clarify my standing. I think nature is a super system that is blended with systems and each system has its subsequent sub-system. Events of natural systems are complete, interdependent, and compliant within itself. Nature dominates all events naturally to exist and grow unless manipulation occurred. Time is the expression of nature’s domination and the ultimate force of change (exist and grow). This is the law of nature where no event can happen that is harming for the nature itself and beyond explanation by natural rule, which we call scientific theory. Nothing can manipulate the events of nature except humanity that is the only threat of nature for its existence!

I'd humbly request your open thoughts and criticism. I'd appreciate your query and feedback.

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Happiness is not an optional issue!; It's mandatory!

Happiness is not an optional issue; it's mandatory for optimum potentiality of a human being!


Roberto Ceccarelli, Maria Melania Pop, Cynthia D'Amour, MBA, +10 like this

RAM SUNDER SINGH
So true. It works as catalyst for scarce resources and proliferate to maximum.


J M Garg
I agree with Mijan.


Salem Abusaif
Agree with the post and the two previous comments


Anjan Kumar Bhattacharjee
Living in a human society and finding Happiness is a mirage and ever elusive. You face conflict the moment you start your day, which may lead to a sleepless night at the end of your busy day..


Ken Tasch
“Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.” 
― Jim Rohn


Bert Robinson
Anjan, Agreed, Even our Constitution states Right to the Pursue of Happiness. But happiness for many remains is very elusive.


Mijan Rahman
Thanks everybody for contributing! @ Anjan @Ken @bert Sir, yes! Happiness is one of the most elusive and variable word. I think 'happiness' is the most widely used but the most narrowly understood word! Does happiness mean absence of unhappiness? Do the experiences of happiness are individual or universal? Could it be possible to define happiness objectively? Does the happiness depend on its sources or its observers? Do we have objectively verifiable indicators to measure happiness? Would you please share your thoughts on the issue?!


Edilson Botto
Search happiness is an essential purpose in life and whenever possible we should try to make our activities bring us happiness.


Prof. Mohammed R. Ahmed
The experience of happiness is the result of environment surrounding an individual, group, or nation. Bhutan's Gross National Happiness is a good example of how a tiny nation is measuring its prosperity by a measure of Happiness...


THOMAS AW
....... Do Enjoy your breakfast heartily or simply ................ with Coffee or Tea


Akhilesh Gupta
Happiness/ optimistic mind the key to solve problems.


Gandhi Heryanto
Happiness is a state of mind or an option. You can have everything in the world and still be miserable. Or you can have relatively little and feel unbounded joy. There is a stimulus to be chosen and responded on what you find in your life. As Viktor Frankl said that “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”


Abdul Baasit Sathar
Behind every decision we make, happiness remain as the core reason


Prayukth K V
Hi Mijan, depends on how we define happiness. Some might be happy dealing with challenges while some may be overwhelmed. It is advisable to develop a mindset that learns to be happy and stays positive in adverse circumstances.


Gunjan Bhatia
Aristotle has said Happiness to be the Ultimate Purpose of Human Existence. 
I believe that doing what we like is freedom and liking what we do is Happiness!


Gandhi Heryanto
Don't aim at success - the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue... as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a course greater than oneself. (Viktor Frankl, Man's Search For Meaning)


J M Garg
Do not aim for happiness but be happy under all conditions. It keeps our happiness and capacity to achieve in tact.


Warren Huang, Ph.D 5700
Only happy , contented people can maximize their innovation and performance potential


Cynthia D'Amour, MBA
If you believe happiness is not optional to maximize people, how would you lead differently? Should we lead with happiness in mind?


Bert Robinson
The need for Happiness was recognized by the founders of our country, as they wrote into the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.


Mijan Rahman
We are mostly unhappy not because of absence of happiness, we are not happy just because of we are not good at predicting what will make us happy!
To me happiness is the essence of human life and Learning, Working and Playing are the ultimate sources of happiness; Working and Playing are same subjects with different objects and also the ultimate source of Learning. Learning by Doing is the most enjoyable Playing and the most efficient way of Working.


Prof. Mohammed R. Ahmed
Happiness is not a random occurrence... If we are not good at predicting..Why? Happiness is an experience as a result of a human process. We need to understand how our mind works. Learn to manage emotions, and uses energy to generate synergy to achieve desired outcomes such as working and playing... and be happy. If achieving is happiness.. we need to focus on Emotional Intelligence (EI). http://goo.gl/qHQEf6


Maria Melania Pop
Letting go of toxic people is just as important as EQ.


SUCHARIT CHAUDHURI
But what is happiness? Can we define it?


Bernard Njemanze
I tend to totally agree with Mijan, however, i still believe that happiness is a matter of choice; which is relative to an individual`s situation or context.

Olayide Atanda-Obalakun
I concur with Mijan. People perform at their optimum when they are happy doing what they do. In that situation the employer and the employee are all winners.

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