2007-07-04 16:27:42 · 5 answers · asked by Graciela, RIRS 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes, apparently so.
Here's a link:
http://www.androidtech.com/knowledge-blog/2006/11/web-30-manifesto-knowledge-doubling.html
2007-07-04 16:37:26 · answer #1 · answered by Bethany 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even if it it doubled at a constant rate, you'd still have exponential growth due to compounding.
My guess is that this is the case.....we aren't any smarter or hard-working than in the past, we just have the luck of building on cumulative knowledge.
2007-07-04 23:52:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It might be helpful to delineate which human's knowledge is doubling. Claiming credit for all human knowledge is something that I don't do. I have but the tiniest fraction of human knowledge that is available.
2007-07-05 00:36:41 · answer #3 · answered by guru 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There have been certain periods of time when knowledge aquisition by humans has increased. Certain inventions have certainly spurred this on.
For ex.:
Greek educational schools
Latin as a common overarching language in europe
Printing Press
University and Collegial systems
The Internet
2007-07-04 23:33:23 · answer #4 · answered by special-chemical-x 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not so much doubling as growing at a exponential rate. Not so much as 1.0X 10^2, as 1.0X 10^5
2007-07-04 23:32:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋