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The world is a big place, and most of it is unknown.

From Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

From Foundation by Isaac Asimov

The internet allows for the amplification of bad ideas.

From The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols

We are the first species to fully understand what is happening.
Knowledge is the key to survival and the foundation upon which to rebuild.
Children's minds are not just passive recipients; they are active constructors of knowledge.
He who has the most information wins.

From Principles by Ray Dalio

Mental models are the frameworks we use to understand the world.
Science is not about how the world is, but how it should be.
Science is not a body of knowledge but a way of thinking.
The more you learn about money, the more you can make informed choices.

From The Financial Diet by Chelsea Fagan

The mind is furnished with ideas by nature.
The more choices we have, the less we rely on those who know more than we do.

From The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols

In the world of mushroom hunting, patience is as crucial as knowledge.
The rise of the Internet has made everyone an expert on everything.

From The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols

Knowledge is not just a matter of intellectual understanding; it is a transformative process.

From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels

Knowledge is power, and understanding the world gives us the ability to manipulate it.
To understand religion, we must grasp the differences between them.

From God Is Not One by Stephen Prothero

The more you know, the more you realize you don't know.

From Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

The quest for knowledge is a journey into the unknown.
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

From The Violinist's Thumb by Sam Kean

The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.
Knowledge can be obtained only by intellectual effort.
The quest for knowledge is the most important human endeavor.

From The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson

Mushrooms can be a gateway to understanding the hidden life beneath our feet.
The quest for knowledge is the greatest adventure of all.

From The Cosmic Code by Heinz R. Pagels

The quest for understanding the elements has driven many to madness.

From The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean

Understanding is a process that never ends; it expands infinitely.
The greatest problem of philosophy is that of the relation between knowledge and reality.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

From The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle

The aim of science is to seek the simplest explanations of complex facts.
The more we know, the more we realize we don't know.

From The Information by James Gleick

Knowledge is a form of currency.

From The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson

What we think we know is often wrong.
And We have certainly made the Quran easy to remember. So is there anyone who will remember?
Understanding is the foundation of all human achievement.
Philosophy is to be studied, not for the sake of any definite answers to its questions, since no definite answers can, as a rule, be known, but rather for the sake of the questions themselves.
All human knowledge is based on the ideas of conjecture and refutation.
Science is not a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking.
Information is the resolution of uncertainty.

From The Information by James Gleick

Philosophy is to be studied, not for the sake of any definite answers to its questions, since no definite answers can, as a rule, be known, but rather for the sake of the questions themselves.
The use of reason is the best way to understand the world.
The fragility of knowledge is a common theme.
To solve the longitude problem would be to grasp a piece of the world.

From Longitude by Dava Sobel

The crowd can be a powerful source of knowledge and creativity.
The mind is the lens through which we perceive the world.
Understanding the science behind running helps athletes to optimize their performance.
To know the passions is to know the soul.
Understanding scaling can lead to insights that are applicable across various domains.

From Scale by Geoffrey West

The more you know, the more you realize you don't know.

From Seeking Wisdom by Peter Bevelin

The ability to switch contexts and apply knowledge broadly is essential.
The most important skill for getting rich is becoming a perpetual learner.
Understanding the elements is essential to understanding the universe.

From The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean

You can’t really understand anything until you know the whole system.
Knowledge is not just information; it is understanding.

From Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

The fool is the one who thinks he knows what he doesn’t know.
To be able to ask a question is the key to understanding.

From The Book of Why by Judea Pearl

Synthetic judgments are those that add something to our knowledge.
Intelligence is not just about having knowledge; it's about using it wisely.

From Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark

We are all trying to understand the world around us, and algorithms help us do that.

From The Master Algorithm by Pedro Domingos

Every discovery leads to new questions.

From The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

From Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The brain is a world consisting of a number of unexplored continents and vast seas of the unknown.
The growth of knowledge depends entirely upon disagreement.
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

From Seeking Wisdom by Peter Bevelin

Documentation is as important as the code itself.

From Working in Public by Nadia Eghbal

The struggle for knowledge is a central theme in Gnostic thought.

From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
To know clouds is to know the weather.
Scientists are not merely passive observers; they are active participants in the creation of knowledge.
A scientific community cannot exist without a shared paradigm.
The more we understand evolution, the more we realize how interconnected everything is.
Knowledge is a light that illuminates the darkest corners of our ignorance.
The power of observation is the first step to understanding.

From The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson

True knowledge comes from inner reflection.
The more models we have, the better our insights.

From The Model Thinker by Scott E. Page

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.
Understanding cancer requires a new way of thinking.
The key to wisdom is knowing what you don't know.
The fox is a creature of many talents, while the hedgehog is focused on one essential idea.
Knowledge is not a matter of knowing something; it is a matter of understanding the implications of what we know.
In the age of information, knowledge is both power and responsibility.
You cannot understand the universe without understanding the mind.

From The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

Intelligence is not just about processing information; it’s about understanding it.

From A Thousand Brains by Jeff Hawkins

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
Expertise is often confused with opinion.

From The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols

Our models of the world should reflect causal relationships.

From The Book of Why by Judea Pearl

The more one knows, the more one suffers.
Our job is to make the unknown known.

From Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull

There is much more to the mind than we currently comprehend.
Metaphysics is not a science, but a mere pre-science.
The quest for knowledge is the driving force of human progress.

From The Future of Humanity by Michio Kaku

To understand the world is to understand ourselves.
Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.