[Sigia-l] Data, information, knowledge, wisdom

[Boniface Lau]

> From: Thomas Quine
>  
> For example: 010101
> 
> What is this? A binary number? A password? A pattern? Alone and out
> of context, data is quite meaningless.

010101 does have a context - the mind that perceives it. For example,
when people are looking for a binary number and come across 010101,
they are likely to interpret that as a binary number.

In order for something to be truly with no context, people have to
disengage their mind from what they perceive. But even for people who
have learned to do that, it is not their typical way of dealing with
sensory perception. Thus, except in some special situations,
everything perceived has a context.


Boniface