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

[Scott Nelson]

On Jun 29.2005, at 18:31, Boniface Lau wrote:

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>
>> Thomas' point *was* that the mind that perceives it is what gives the
>> data the needed context.
>>
> That was not my understanding of his post. For example, he wrote:
>
> Tom> Information = data in context, i.e. "in formation"
> Tom>
> Tom> For example: January 1, 2001.
> Tom>
> Tom> Now that it's in the form of a date, it becomes a piece of
> Tom> information.
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> His so-called context in the above example is the date format. That
> alone, according to Tom, makes "January 1, 2001" a piece of
> information, not data.
>

right. but by using the very term "date" you're implying a human  
presence. not only in the choice of language, but in the concept of  
the existence of "dates."

monkies understand dates, but certainly not in the form of January 1,  
2001. Penguins too, but again not in the form of January 1, 2001.

I read Tom's comment to suggest that a human consciousness of some  
sort was involved in the equation, since the concept of date as  
expressed is a human one.
--
Skot Nelson
skot at penguinstorm.com