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|01 = '''I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of [[Accuracy and precision|accurate]] [[information]] in the world.'''<br /> | |01 = '''I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of [[Accuracy and precision|accurate]] [[information]] in the world.'''<br /> | ||
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|58 = '''If you want to master something, teach it.'''<br /> | |58 = '''If you want to master something, teach it.'''<br /> | ||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Richard Feynman<br /> | <cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Richard Feynman<br /> | ||
|59 = '''The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!) but “That’s funny …”'''<br /> | |||
<cite style="font-size:0.9em; font-style:normal;">— Anonymous, attributed to [[Isaac Asimov]]<br /> | |||
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Revision as of 12:58, 4 November 2021
The problem is not how to increase an already large stock of information but how to increase people’s ability to find useful information, to judge what is reliable and relevant for them at that moment, to make sense of the sometimes conflicting information with which they are faced, and then to engage in communication and discussion when appropriate.
— MASIS report of the European Commission
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