TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE ON KNOWLEDGE

1. TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE ON KNOWLEDGE

2. TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE Allknowledgetypesarestoredinmemoryandprovidetheknowledgebasethatmakeslifepossible. Ifatinybacteriumhadnoknowledgeaboutwherefoodwas,itwouldsurelydie. AtthehumanlevelwemustprocesshugeamountsofdatafromMESTintoknowledgeofoursurroundingsbeforewecanevenstandupandwalk. MESTgivesusdirectknowledgethathumansusedformillionsofyears. Itwasonlywhenwelearnedtotalkandwritethatwediscoveredinformation. Itwasprobablyveryshortlyafterthefirstwordswerespokenthatthefirstliewastoldandhumansdiscoveredthetrue/falsenatureofknowledgeandinformation. MESTisanacronymusedinScientologyandcoinedbyauthorL.RonHubbard.Hubbardusedthefirstlettersofthewordsmatter,energy, spaceandtime,thecomponentpartsofthephysicaluniverse.WritingsandlecturesbyScientologyfounderL.RonHubbardfrequentlyusethetermMESTinplaceofthephrase"thephysicaluniverse".

3. KNOWLEDGE DEFINITION KnowledgeisdefinedintheOxfordEnglishDictionaryas:- Expertise,andskillsacquiredbyapersonthroughexperienceoreducation;thetheoreticalorpracticalunderstandingofasubject, Whatisknowninaparticularfieldorintotal;factsandinformationor Awarenessorfamiliaritygainedbyexperienceofafactorsituation. KnowledgeacquisitioninvolvescomplexCognitiveprocesses: Perception,Learning,Communication, AssociationandReasoning. ThetermknowledgeisalsousedtomeantheconfidentUnderstandingofasubjectwiththeabilitytouseitforaspecificpurposeifappropriate.

4. DIRECT KNOWLEDGE Direct-knowledgeisfirsthandexperiencewithdatareceivedthroughsensorslikeseeing, hearing,andfeeling, smellingandtasting. Somethingfeelshot,looksblue,tastesbitter,orsmellsbadarealldatathatcanberememberedasDirect- knowledge

5. INDIRECT KNOWLEDGE Indirect-knowledgeisknowledgeacquiredbyprocessinginformation. Theprocessesofthinking,andunderstandingproduceindirectknowledge. Indirect-knowledgeissecond-handandcannotalwaysbetrustedbecauseitdependsonhowtheknowledgewasunderstoodinthefirstplace.

6. INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE Intuitive-knowledgeisknowledgestoredinsubsystemmemorythatisnotaccessibletothehigherbrainfunctions. Intuitive-knowledgemaybestoredinDNAoramotor- controlsubsystemliketheknowledgethatcontrolswalking. Theautonomicnervoussystemusesintuitiveknowledgetooperateourbasicbodilyfunctions.

7. PROCEDURAL KNOWLEDGE Procedural-knowledgeisthehow-toinstructionsthattellstepbystephowtodosomething. Procedural-knowledgeislikearecipeorcomputerprogram,itisalistofinstructionsneededtoperformaspecifictask. Proceduresareasequenceofknowledgeeventsspacedoutintime

8. QUESTIONS Questionsareknowledgeinsearchofknowledge. Aquestionislikeavoidofknowledgethatneedstobefilled. Questionscanbestoredinmemoryjustlikeanyotherknowledge. Questionscaninitiateprocedurestoacquirethequestionedknowledge.

9. DECISIONS Decisionsaremadeofacombinationofproceduralknowledgeandquestions. Thequestioncancausetheproceduretochangewithrespecttotheanswertothequestion. Knowledgeofdecisionscanbeahistoricalrecordofwhycertainprocedureswereexecutedinacertainway.

10. INFORMATION Informationisatypeofknowledgeusedtocommunicateotherknowledge,andmayormaynotcontaintheknowledgeactuallycommunicated. Theinformation'that'shot'impliesthecommunicationofsomedirectknowledgeaboutsomeunspecifiedthingbeinghot. InformationuseslanguagesthatcomeintheformofPhysical, Functional,orSymbolic. Awaveofahandoraspokenwordcommunicatesinformation. Atypeofbehavioralsocommunicatesinformation. Writtenandspokenlanguagesaresymbolicformsofinformation

11. FIXED Fixed-knowledgeisknowledgethatcomesfrominformationinbooksorinDNAsequencesthatcannotbechanged. Lawsandconstitutionsarewrittenexamplesoftheuseoffixedknowledgetoestablishstandardsofbehavior

12. DYNAMIC Dynamic-knowledgeisknowledgethatismovingandchangeswithtimelikethepositionofthesun. Dynamic-knowledgecanbetrackedwithmathematicalequations,clocks,orbyothermeans. Dynamic-knowledgeisalwayschangingandthereforecannotbestoreddirectlyinmemory. Knowingthatthingsarechangingmaybealltheknowledgenecessaryaboutagivensubject

13. TRUE or FALSE Theconceptoftrueandfalseknowledgecanactasapreambletoothertypesofknowledge. Anopticalillusioncanproducefalsedirectknowledge. Falseindirectknowledgeisevidentwhensomeoneliestoyou.Falseknowledgecomesfrommisunderstanding,lying, miscommunication,ornonsense. Trueknowledgeisusuallythedirecttypebutindirectknowledgecanbeproventruewithlogicormathematics. Atrickquestioncouldbeconsideredfalseknowledgeifthereisnopossibleanswer

14. CONTRADICTION AcontradictionisatypeofknowledgeusedtochangethestateofsomeotherknowledgefromTruetoFalseorfromFalsetoTrue. Contradictionsareusedasatooltodecidewhethercertainknowledgeislogicallytrueorfalse

15. PREDICTION Apredictionorconjectureisknowledgeofthefuturedevelopedfromprocessingcurrentknowledge. Ourbraincanprocessdynamicknowledgetopredictwhereweshouldbetocatchaball. Wecanalsouseourexperience(knowledge)topredictthemostlikelyoutcomeofcurrentevents

16. NONSENSE Nonsenseisknowledgethatresultsfrominformationpurposelyorinadvertentlyscrambledsothatitconfusesthebrain. Therearebillionsofreamsofnonsenseprintedeachdayanditisveryconfusing. Trueknowledgecanevenappearasnonsenseiftheinformationismisunderstood. Indirectknowledgetakenoutofcontextalsoproducesnonsense.

17. NO KNOWLEDGE or THE END TheEndistheempty-setofknowledgewherenoknowledgeexists. Likethenumberzeroisaveryimportantplacemarkerorindicator. TheEndmarkstheendofastreamofknowledge. Ifyousay,'Idon'tknow'thatisastatementthatyouhavereachedtheendofyourknowledgeonthatsubject. Allknowledge-basedsystemsrequireanendstatementtoorganizetheirmemorystructures

18. COMPILED AND PREPARED BY P.BASKARAN. MAIL ID: baski_1960@yahoo.co.in