By: N. George
Worth Noting:
- No one should claim to have exhaustive knowledge in any subject to an extent that he does not require to know anything else such a claim is false as there are many aspects in every subject broader than anyone can imagine or specialize in all of them.
- To attain certain results there could be single or several mechanisms so it is not hard to find various people who applied dissimilar methods yet attain similar results. Some of these methods may be less tedious than others but there is a tendency for everyone to believe that the method he knows is the best for him in terms of simplicity.
It is not enough to have knowledge; one must apply it. It is not enough to have wishes; one must also accomplish it………..…….. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Knowledge is a special resource that does not decrease in whenever it is utilised in fact it can only increase as you gain more experience for example the teacher never becomes worse off in subject he teaches. Knowledge can be referred to as the facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.
Human beings are jealous in nature so not everyone with knowledge is ready to apply it in helping others. To encourage its utilization we need to reward those with it for applying it as an incentive to further spread it.
It is not compulsory that one trains you on how to deal with certain situations; at times you can be inspired about a situation and its possible solutions. This is much powerful and not determined by the individual involved but by some external factors beyond human understanding.
Much as it is a personal decision to determine whether to utilise the knowledge you have or not you may be aware of something then chose to keep quiet then someone else obtain similar knowledge to what you have if he happens to document it and disseminate it before you release yours then everyone who will hear about it will associate the discovery with the person who had made it public. Any publication in relation to that theory released thereafter will be seen as plagiarism of the first publication about that topic.
Whenever we have knowledge about something it improves our confidence in dealing with the subject as we are aware of the cause and effect of every action or inaction about a certain theory.
No one should claim to have exhaustive knowledge in any subject to an extent that he does not require to know anything else such a claim is false as there are many aspects in every subject broader than anyone can imagine or specialize in all of them.
To attain certain results there could be single or several mechanisms so it is not hard to find various people who applied dissimilar methods yet attain similar results. Some of these methods may be less tedious than others but there is a tendency for everyone to believe that the method he knows is the best for him in terms of simplicity.
Where possible we need to be aware of the alternative ways of carrying out certain operations so that depending on our natural endowments or prevailing circumstances we could always opt for the most favourable option.
The wider the applicability of knowledge on situations the more valuable it is. Much as theoretical and practical knowledge are both important if there happen to be two persons one with theoretical knowledge only and the other one with practical knowledge only the more advantaged of the two is the one with practical knowledge only.
Where possible we need to use logic as we train others to apply knowledge. This would help them to expound on any little amount on knowledge we disseminate to them even at times be well versed than us that is why you find sometimes a student may gain more knowledge on a certain subject than his trainer.
When correctly used knowledge brings benefits to human beings. In a similar version it can be dangerous to them when inappropriately used especially when intended to harm so we need to be careful on how to deal with it in fact that is why there are ethics in every discipline to minimize chances of those possessing knowledge in a certain subject from intentionally misusing it.
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