Edge Of Our Knowledge

"We can only learn that which is at the edge of our knowledge"

(I can't find an official quote. Anyone know it?)

10/5/03: sounds like Vygotsky's (psychologist) idea of 'ZoneOfProximalDevelopmentTheory' to me: you can only learn stuff that is at the limit of what you already know.

Also YouCantLearnSomethingUntilYouAlreadyAlmostKnowIt

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Another catch phrase for it would be KnowledgeHorizon?.

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Congratulations to those who become more aware that they know less by the day. They have begin to appreciate Einstein's fear of the "increasing circumference of darkness".

• I had a college professor that spoke of knowledge being a white dot surrounded by darkness. As our knowledge grows, the circumference of darkness surrounding it grows as well. Now I know where he got the idea! But, now I realize there must be much more about the issue that I don't know! Yikes! -- BrucePennington

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This is why ArgumentByAnalogy, and other "oversimplifications" can actually help communication.

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Realizations:

• WhatWeNeedToKnow
• WhatWeCanAffordToForget
• WhatWeCanFindByLookingForIt

-- DonaldNoyes Revisited.20130516

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See also BreadthFirstLearning

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