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[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

On 28/08/2013 4:05 PM, Roger Clarke wrote:

> 'Data' is any symbol, sign or measure which is in a form which can be
> directly captured by a person or a machine.
>
> 'Real-world data' is data which represents or purports to represent a
> fact in the real world; whereas 'synthetic data' is data which does
> not.
>
> 'Information' is data that has value. Informational value depends
> upon context. Until it is placed in an appropriate context, data is
> not information, and once it ceases to be in that context it ceases
> to be information.
>
> 'Knowledge' is defined as either:
> *   (naively) a body of facts and principles accumulated by mankind
> in the course of time; or
> *   (more usefully) the matrix of impressions within which an
> individual situates newly acquired information.
>
> 'Wisdom' has to do with judgement exercised by applying decision
> criteria to knowledge combined with new information.

Agree.

However, I'd clarify:

Data and information can be stored, managed and displayed without human 
intervention. That doesn't mean that humans cannot store, manage and 
display data and information.

Knowledge and wisdom can only be stored, managed and displayed by a human.

That implies I don't subscribe to the strong theory of AI. IMHO, 
intelligence requires a human. Modelling intelligence (or knowledge or 
wisdom) is just that - a model. A model is never the same as the real thing.

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Regards
brd

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