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Feature engineering is the process of using domain knowledge to create features that make machine learning algorithms work.
From The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book by Andriy Burkov
The more we know, the more we realize we do not know.
From The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
In some respects, science has improved our lives. In others, it has made us more aware of our ignorance.
From Cosmos by Carl Sagan
The key to wisdom is knowing what you don't know.
The more we learn, the more we discover how little we know.
From Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The distinction between knowledge and data is crucial in understanding AI.
From Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig
Reason is the light that guides us through the darkness of ignorance.
The rise of the internet has made everyone an expert on everything.
From The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols
The more one knows, the more one suffers.
From The World as Will and Representation by Arthur Schopenhauer
The brain is a world consisting of a number of unexplored continents and vast seas of the unknown.
The growth of scientific knowledge is based on the critical discussion of existing theories.
Knowledge is not a final product; it is a process.
The use of reason is the best way to understand the world.
From The Philosophical Writings of Descartes by René Descartes
Knowledge is not just power; it is the foundation of a functioning society.
From The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols
To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.
From Seeking Wisdom by Peter Bevelin
Knowledge advances by the follies of mankind.
The great thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.
From The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson
We are not infallible, and we must be prepared to learn from our mistakes.
Understanding the world order is crucial for making informed decisions.
From The Changing World Order by Ray Dalio
The discovery of a lost poem can change the way we see the world.
From The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
The majority of the universe is invisible.
Knowledge is a tool for rebuilding.
From The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm by Lewis Dartnell
He who has the most information wins.
From Principles by Ray Dalio
Philosophy is the love of wisdom.
From The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
The fool is the one who thinks he knows what he doesn’t know.
Scientific revolutions are not the result of a gradual accumulation of knowledge.
From The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
There is a great deal of difference between knowing something and knowing how to use it.
Depth of knowledge is useful, but breadth of knowledge is essential.
From Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
Science is not about how the world is, but how it should be.
From Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
And We have certainly made the Quran easy to remember. So is there anyone who will remember?
Believing in something is not the same as knowing it.
In the unknowing lies the true knowledge of God.
From The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous
The mind is the lens through which we perceive the world.
Knowledge is the foundation upon which we can rebuild our world.
From The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm by Lewis Dartnell
Curiosity is the engine of discovery.
From The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
Data is not information, information is not knowledge.
From The Information by James Gleick
Our job is to make the unknown known.
From Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.
From The Dao De Jing by Laozi
Always be curious and never stop learning.
From The Third Door by Alex Banayan
The only way to understand the world is to build a model of it.
Knowledge is not a commodity; it is a way of being.
From The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World by Wade Davis
Every time we learn something new, we are building a model of the world.
From The Master Algorithm by Pedro Domingos
Play is not just a way to learn; it is a way of knowing.
From The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik
He who has the most information wins.
From Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
Modernity often overlooks the value of traditional knowledge.
From The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World by Wade Davis
It is the questions we can’t answer that teach us the most.
From The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The quest for knowledge is the driving force of human progress.
From The Future of Humanity by Michio Kaku
State simplifications tend to overlook the rich, practical knowledge embedded in local practices.
From Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott
In finance, knowledge is power.
From The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson
Every discovery leads to new questions.
From The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson
The beginning of infinity is the beginning of an endless journey of knowledge.
The search for truth is more important than the certainty of belief.
Information is the resolution of uncertainty.
From The Information by James Gleick
If you keep learning all the time, you have a huge advantage.
The process of learning is as important as the knowledge gained.
From The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik
To know ten thousand things, know one well.
The more we understand evolution, the more we realize how interconnected everything is.
To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.
From Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche by James Miller
Understanding our past is essential to navigating our future.
From The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World by Wade Davis
Transfer learning allows us to leverage knowledge gained from one task to improve learning in another task.
From Deep Learning by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville
Scientific progress is not the result of a linear accumulation of knowledge but rather a series of paradigm shifts.
From The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.
Understanding the world requires understanding the elements that make it up.
From The Disappearing Spoon: Young Readers Edition by Sam Kean
Every act of thinking presupposes a context of knowledge.
From The Concept of Mind by Gilbert Ryle
Understanding the elements helps us understand ourselves.
From The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
Philosophy is the mother of all sciences.
The future of AI will depend on our understanding of intelligence itself.
From Genius Makers by Cade Metz
Education is crucial for passing down knowledge to future generations.
From The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm by Lewis Dartnell
To understand religion is to understand the world.
From God Is Not One by Stephen Prothero
There is a certain pleasure in the pursuit of knowledge.
The most important skill for getting rich is becoming a perpetual learner.
The quest for knowledge is the most important human endeavor.
From The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson
Documentation is as important as the code itself.
From Working in Public by Nadia Eghbal
The scientist is not a man who learns facts but a man who learns how to think.
From The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
Philosophy is to be studied, not as a preparation for the practice of a profession, but as a means of achieving a better understanding of the world.
The understanding can only think what it has already perceived through intuition.
Philosophy and science can both benefit from the insights gained from studying children.
From The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik
Knowledge is the best antidote to fear.
From The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum
To be able to ask a question is the key to understanding.
From The Book of Why by Judea Pearl
We have only a tiny fraction of knowledge about the universe.
To know yet to think that one does not know is best; to not know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.
From The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
All human knowledge is based on the ideas of conjecture and refutation.
Knowledge is like air; it’s essential for life.
From The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson
Science is not a body of knowledge but a way of thinking.
The greatest challenge to philosophy is that it cannot prove its conclusions with certainty.
Knowledge is a process of conjecture and criticism.
In the age of information, knowledge is both power and responsibility.
From Power and Prediction by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb
A theory that is not refutable by any conceivable event is non-scientific.
The failure of large-scale social planning is often attributed to the inability of planners to see the complexities of local societies.
From Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott
All our knowledge begins with experience, but it does not follow that it arises from experience.
The successive development of scientific knowledge is not an incremental process but a series of revolutions.
From The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
A scientific community cannot exist without a shared paradigm.
From The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
Knowledge is power.
The digital divide is not just about access; it's also about skills and knowledge.
From The Second Machine Age by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee
Intelligence is not just about processing information; it’s about understanding it.
From A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins
True knowledge comes from inner reflection.
From The I Ching or Book of Changes by Richard Wilhelm (Translator)
Mental models are frameworks that help us understand the world.
From Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models by Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
From The Republic of Plato by Allan Bloom
Understanding sound helps us understand our world better.
From The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World by Trevor Cox
We live in an age of information overload, yet we often lack understanding.
From The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols