Chapter 1:Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom

From Data to Wisdom

Brief Definitions

The content of the human mind can be classified into five categories:

1. Data: symbols
2. Information: data that are processed to be useful; provides answers to "who", "what", "where", and "when" questions
3. Knowledge: application of data and information; answers "how" questions
4. Understanding: appreciation of "why" 
5. Wisdom: evaluated understanding. 

"Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it."

Albert Einstein

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