What Is the Difference Between Knowledge and Knowing? Wisdom in Ancient Traditions and the Fall of Adam
What Is the Difference Between Knowledge and Knowing? Wisdom in Ancient Traditions and the Fall of Adam Preliminary Introduction — The Illusion of Distance Between the Observer and the Whole Knowledge is theory; knowing is experience. To know means to open your eyes and see. Knowledge, by contrast, means that someone else opened their eyes, saw something, and commented on it—and you simply keep accumulating information. It is through knowledge that human beings become separated from the whole. Knowledge creates distance. This reflection leads us to an even deeper question: does the distance we perceive between ourselves and the universe necessarily correspond to an absolute separation from reality, or is it, at least in part, a construction of consciousness itself? From the perspective of neuroscience, human perception does not function as a perfectly faithful reproduction of the external world. The brain receives sensory signals, organizes information, compares it with previous ex...
