knowledge  belongs to the world, then wtf is this?
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Because "Knowledge is power"  and the US intelligence agencies want power in their hands, and not in the hands of others, including others who are democratically entitled to it, and including those who would misuse it.  Both groups.
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hahah i know what you mean.. im pretty sure anyone could go there if they were looking for a solid answer with crazy references... however, i think the point of this site is to share insight and HUMAN knowledge.. knowledge and wisdom that comes from time and age.. by simply living life!!  :)
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Knowledge is best defined (I think) by Peter Senge as "the capacity for effective action."\n\nThink of Obi-Wan Kenobi: he is full of knowledge, because he knows exactly what to do and how to act effectively.\n\nSo to answer your question, I think the nature of knowledge is first mental.\n\nPeople often confuse knowledge with information. They often say that books contain knowledge, when in fact, books only contain information. That information becomes knowledge when you read it and integrate it into your long-term memory so you can use it at the right time and place.\n\nI would add to Senge's definition: "Knowledge is the capacity for effective action or superior discrimination."\n\nIn other words, knowledge should enable you to make better decisions because you can evaluate information better than the average person.
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Yes, I agree it is.  We do get so much information  on things but alot of those things we do not know enough about to even understand the information on them!!!
269545
wtf? it's impossible to know..
165012
No. So far knowledge is not a crime. You can get in trouble if you use that knowledge in the wrong way.
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how is anyone suppose to know this on the top of their head
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Golly, we are just astounded by the deep intellegence of such a rational question!\n\nDid you think up this question all by yourself?
829917
Knowledge, instead of ignorance!\nHuge benefit!
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Are you ready for this?  This is a branch of philosophy called epistemology, or the the study of knowledge.  In order to answer how you really know what you think you know, you first have to know what knowledge is.  That isn't easy either.  In fact, how do I even know I exist and that I'm sitting at this computer typing and am not simply a brain in the jar in some mad scientists laboratory?  (Metaphysics)
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what kind of information?
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thought, knowledge, reason, observation
463047
Yes. Quite. It's very annoying when people who think they know everything try to share it with those of us who already do know everything!
238443
Points,baby,points! and maybe to share our vast knowledge of the world in which we live....
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Yahoo's job is to organise the worlds information.  Answers is just an extension of that.
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How is this a question?
735881
This makes no sense, sorry. What do you want\nto know here?