Posted by Reilly Atkinson on November 02, 1999 at 13:44:21:

In Reply to: Re: KM, IM, Why two not three? posted by Kees de Vos on November 01, 1999 at 19:41:34:

Kees -- You have writen a quite wonderful and very elegant aphorism. But it doesn't describe ordinary reality. The distinctions between info knowledge and wisdom can be very fuzzy indeed. I am, of course responding from my " why make heavy distinctions between these notions?

For example, one can easily say that one has the information on how to do it -- who to talk to, what buttons to push.... Certainly one can say that one has the knowledge to do or not to do. One could say that wisdom is a "subset" of knowledge that, among other things, helps minimize chaos and promotes order and peace, and dotes on grandchildren.

In reality, people will sometimes use "data" or "information" or "knowledge" or "wisdom" or... interchangably -- of course, some substitutions are much less likely than others. Why quench this richness of usage?
Regards
Reilly

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