a substitute for wisdom
2006-08-19 00:25:25 · 18 answers · asked by Wyatt Earp 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Absolutely not.
2006-08-19 00:29:28 · answer #1 · answered by Sherlock 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I agree with Phil G.
You can gather as much data, information, or knowledge as you wish, but unless you *do* something with that knowledge, you might as well not have it.
Wisdom is having crossed over that fine line of not only possessing the knowledge, but knowing how to implement it.
I have known several wise people who never had the opportunity to attend college. Conversely, to quote my Granny,
"There's nothing worse than an educated fool"...
which is not to say she disdained higher learning, but that it's a pity when individuals spend so many years gathering information only not to execute that knowledge on a daily basis.
While I don't believe that accumulating knowledge and attaining the status of wise are mutually exclusive, it is my opinion that one can sidestep a small amount of knowledge-gathering and achieve wisdom if one demonstrates high ability to make the best decisions with the information already obtained.
I don't feel I'm being perfectly clear, but to more appropriately define wisdom, I would say it is the practice of consistently making sound decisions based on logic and expected outcomes, working with the information given and a fair amount of unknown possibilities to reach the desired end. At this point, one can become *more* wise by gathering more information on which to base one's decisions.
2006-08-19 00:43:48 · answer #2 · answered by girlnblack 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowledge is not a substitute for wisdom, but wisdom is based upon knowledge and beliefs. There can be no wisdom without knowledge.
2006-08-19 00:33:20 · answer #3 · answered by Joseph Binette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowledge and wisdom do not have a correlation.
You can be knowledgeable and still make unwise decisions.
Wisdom is the ability to make good decisions with the knowledge that you have accumulated.
2006-08-19 00:32:12 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wisdom is the ability to apply accumulated knowledge. With no knowledge, wisdom has no foundation
2006-08-19 00:31:42 · answer #5 · answered by famousblue11 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Accumulation of knowledge is just that. It is not wisdom. Wisdom comes from how to use it well.
2006-08-19 00:35:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely, if the knowledge is used as a basis for reason, rather than to allow wisdom to apply the knowledge in a logical (and learned) fashion.
2006-08-19 03:29:52 · answer #7 · answered by swarr2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowledge is only part of wisdom. The other part is experience.
Wisdom is the ability to apply knowledge combined with experience to any situation.
2006-08-19 00:35:26 · answer #8 · answered by Kaoss 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you can have knowledge without wisdom, but you do need a level of knowledge before you can be wise.
2006-08-19 00:34:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wisdom impies and intuitive understanding, knowledge implies a concious learning. I would argue that they are different and hence could not be substituted for one another.
No.
2006-08-19 00:33:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One can neither be wise without knowledge nor knowledgeable without wisdom. "The world needs dreamers. And the world needs doers. But, what the world needs most are dreamers who can do." (unknown)
2006-08-19 00:34:27 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋