Wisdom versus Knowledge

Author: WiseGuy

  • Adam’s Secret (draft)

    As Elie Wiesel famously wrote: “According to Jewish tradition, creation did not end with man, it began with him. When He created man, God gave him a secret – and that secret was not how to begin, but how to begin again.” (Messengers of God, p. 32)

  • Dan Fogelberg: a wise man

    His music and lyrics always move me. He was truly a Philosopher. In the real-world sense, not an ivory tower academic. He lived in Pagosa Springs, Colorado for many years. I am frequently surprised to find my personal connection to people and events. Often it’s a geographic connection. just I’ve been to the same place.…

  • “you’ll be a Man, my son!”

    Picture this. You’re sitting in an internal team meeting. The project is far more complicated than you thought. There’s no way you can meet the deadline you’ve given to the customer. Are you sweating now? Others in the meeting are either saying what we should have done differently, or trying to shift the blame to…

  • The Conga Line and Project Management

    In progress… The tail gets whipped around (find a YT video or gif) and flung off the back. Similar to being on the back of a group bike ride on local roads. After every stop for a street sign or light, the line gets stretched out, and those on the back have to work hard…

  • MicroMouse Contest

    In progress… Brought back memories of the first year. 1977 at Rockefeller U and my life at that time. https://youtu.be/ZMQbHMgK2rw

  • The Problem with the Ignorant is that they are so Confident. DRAFT

    Tim Pool on The Vivek Show podcast. 4:21/23 01:04:15 The Dunning Kreiger Effect: People who are Stupid, aren’t Smart Enough to know they are stupid. People who are smart are constantly questioning themselves.

  • Have a Nice Day

    I was talking with my son today, and I started by asking him, “How’s life treating you?”. A rhetorical question like “How’s the weather?” launched us into a stream of consciousness discussion about things people say without really meaning it. Take the expression “Have a nice day!” you hear it many times a day from…

  • Every great cause

    “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” E Hoffer See: “What’s Your Ideas Why Science Is Broken?” https://www.wmbriggs.com/post/45528/

  • To believe your own thoughts

    I am listening to an audiobook by Adam Savage of MythBusters fame. He quoted a famous American essayist and philosopher. “To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genius.” Ralph Waldo Emerson in his 1841 essay “Self-Reliance” When…

  • Science vs. Scientism

    The modern-day battle cry “Believe in science!”, tends to be used as a baseball bat. When two people disagree, one side will cite something that sounds scientific or in the name of a scientist, thereby silencing the other side. I find the use of “Science”, to be the same as the use of “God”, by…