Feynman: Distinguishing knowing from understanding
Richard Feynman: ...When they heard "light that is reflected from a medium with an index," they didn't know that it meant a material such as water. They didn't know that the "direction of the light" is the direction in which you see something when you're looking at it...
Whenever I'm about to convince myself that I understand something, I ask myself whether I could meaningfully explain it to my mom. Too often the answer is "no" and that means I might know about a few symbols and relationships, but don't really understand yet how this actually relates to the world.
Could it be that beyond Knowledge Management there's something like "Understanding Management"?
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