#edge

Human knowledge has been changing from the word go and people in certain respects behave more rationally than they did when they didn't have it. They spend less time doing rain dances and more time seeding clouds. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#behave #certain #changing #clouds #dances

Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#island #knowledge #little #ocean #our

Knowledge is generally considered a good thing; so, presumably, knowing more about how the U.S. thinks and operates around the world is also good. ↗

— Peter Singer

#about #also #around #considered #generally

Most important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical. ↗

— Joey Skaggs

#edge #fake #important #most #plausible

The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#cold #common #detect #disability #disease

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#aim #education #great #knowledge

I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#anyone #enough #ever #feels #i

You should have a fund of knowledge of something and out of that you make up you mind. ↗

— John Kluge

#knowledge #make #make up #mind #out

If, on occasion, the knowledge brought by science leads to an unhappy end, this is not to the discredit of science but is rather an indication of an imperfect ability to use wisely the gifts placed within our hands. ↗

— Polykarp Kusch

#brought #discredit #end #gifts #hands

I feel, sometimes, as the renaissance man must have felt in finding new riches at every point and in the certainty that unexplored areas of knowledge and experience await at every turn. ↗

— Polykarp Kusch

#await #certainty #every #experience #feel