Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Knowledge & Wisdom

In this age of information, knowledge is very plentiful. But we people seem to be more starved than ever before for real wisdom.

There is a path that seems logical. It starts with reality, expressed in data. The data becomes information and that evolves into knowledge. The final leap is when knowledge (including experience) is transformed into wisdom. Most of us would like to think we can automate, using logic and reason, to move through this process. But alas, it seems that it requires God to take us through the final step. After all, true wisdom can only come from God - and not from manipulated data.