Posted by Kees de Vos on August 10, 1999 at 14:19:14:

In Reply to: Re: Storytelling - The Tribal Chief posted by boris on August 10, 1999 at 07:55:07:

Boris,

fundamentally I can't (yet) as it goes against my beliefs and mental models. It is however a minor issue once people communicate enough :-).

In my opinion knowledge can be put into information that has a very good chance to be interpreted (=transformed to knowledge), as in my view knowledge is strictly tied to the individual) in almost the exact same manor as the sender/writer intended the information to be be interpreted (if it is our differences don't matter).

I find it very hard to explicate my view on this one. But let me try by asking the following questions:
- can knowledge be wrong?
- can information be wrong?
- is there a fundamental difference?

Basically the reason I feel so strongly about the difference is that it forces (me) to focus on making sure the INTENT in the message communicated is verified between sender and receiver. Telling someone "you're dismissed" needs more explanation if the role of the sender is unclear. The intent is differently interpreted if the receiver thinks the message comes from a doctor or if it comes from his boss (bad example, but I hope you get the picture :-)).

Best regards,

Kees de Vos.

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Follow Ups:

• Re: Can knowledge be wrong? Daan de Koning 18:40:23 8/16/99 (23)
  • Re: Can knowledge be wrong? Kees de Vos 04:41:32 8/18/99 (22)
    • Re: Can knowledge be wrong? Daan de Koning 05:33:07 8/18/99 (21)
      • Re: Can knowledge be wrong? Richard 17:09:09 8/24/99 (7)
        • The Irony of Meaning Daan de Koning 17:21:23 8/25/99 (3)
          • Re: The Irony of Meaning Richard 19:52:35 8/26/99 (2)
            • Re: The Irony of Meaning Daan de Koning 10:08:23 8/27/99 (1)
              • Re: The Irony of Meaning Richard 14:47:44 8/28/99 (0)
        • Can knowledge be wrong? The Meaning of Irony 19:01:15 8/24/99 (2)
          • They didn't really sign up ... honest! Martyn R Jones 19:05:48 8/24/99 (1)
            • :-))))))))))))))))))))) Kees de Vos 17:37:10 8/25/99 (0)
      • Wrong, untrue, incorrect or out of context Martyn R Jones 08:42:16 8/18/99 (12)
        • Re: Wrong, untrue, incorrect or out of context Daan de Koning 18:26:41 8/18/99 (11)
          • Re: Wrong, untrue, incorrect or out of context Reilly Atkinson 00:33:04 8/20/99 (10)
            • the truth, the only truth and nothing but KM Daan de Koning 05:20:16 8/20/99 (9)
              • Re: the truth, the only truth and nothing but KM Reilly Atkinson 22:08:42 8/23/99 (8)
                • Re: the truth, the only truth and nothing but KM Daan de Koning 04:50:14 8/24/99 (7)
                  • Re: there are exceptions (small fish eating the bigger fish) Kees de Vos 17:53:26 8/25/99 (0)
                  • Less is More Martyn R Jones 12:16:12 8/24/99 (5)
                    • Re: Less is More Reilly Atkinson 19:55:59 8/26/99 (4)
                      • Re: Less is More Richard 07:29:03 8/29/99 (3)
                        • Re: Less is More Reilly Atkinson 20:25:28 8/29/99 (2)
                          • Re: Less is More Richard 15:00:08 8/31/99 (1)
                            • Re: Less is More Reilly Atkinson 16:05:02 9/01/99 (0)

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