“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.” ~~ B. F. Skinner
Filed Under: B. F. Skinner, Education, Intelligence, Knowledge, Learning
“Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.” ~~ Confucius
“Knowledge rests on knowledge; what is new is meaningful because it departs slightly from what was known before.” ~~ Robert Oppenheimer
“You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird… So let’s look at the bird and see what it’s doing — that’s what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.” ~~ Richard Feynman
“He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.” ~~ Joseph Joubert
“You can educate a fool, but you cannot make him think.” ~~ The Talmud
“Inaction saps the vigor of the mind.” ~~ Leonardo da Vinci
“Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there.” ~~ Richard Feynman
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