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Clifford Stoll Quotes - 4 Science Quotes - Dictionary of Science Quotations and Scientist Quotes

Clifford Stoll Quotes - 4 Science Quotes - Dictionary of Science Quotations and Scientist Quotes



Data is not information, Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not understanding, Understanding is not wisdom. 
— Clifford Stoll
Attributed to Cliff Stoll and Gary Schubert, in Mark R Keeler, Nothing to Hide: Privacy in the 21st Century (2006), 112. A similar quote, 'Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not wisdom,' is in the lyrics of Frank Zappa's album, Joe's Garage, track 'Packard Goose.' The sentiment of the above quote is presented in Clifford Stoll, Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway (1996), 193-194. The elements of the above quote are fragmented and distributed within three paragraphs. “Data isn't information ... information is not knowledge ... doesn't mean you understand ... There's a relationship between data, information, knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. ... perhaps knowledge becomes wisdom.” [If you know a primary print source and date for Stoll and Schubert's quote, in the exact words of the summary form as above, please contact webmaster.]

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