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According to the boffins at wikipedia:
Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge.
On the graph of all human knowledge, there is a branch of the graph that studies the graph itself.
*Because everyone has a theory about the broken state of education* Can the knowledge or skills in a field be broken down into discrete atoms of knowledge? If so, can we: - Learn those atoms of knowledge (or atoms of skill) - **Assess** our current knowledge/abilities with thos…
Sitting here now, in the charred ruins of our so called civilisation, it occurs to me that a few words may be in order. I speak these words — whisper them — into the infinite chasm, the endless void, the darkening abyss - I croak these words and expect them only to be heard by —…
A 1966 story in IEEE Spectrum titled, “Technical Obsolescence” introduced the intriguing concept of “the half life of an engineering degree”. i.e., if someone attains an engineering degree in a given year, how many years will pass before 50% of the knowledge taught to that engine…
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