For years I labored under the illusion that communicating knowledge about cannabis, or a wide variety of other drugs and alcohol, was the keystone for promoting recovery. I believed education was the ...
“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.” So says the famous poet, Alfred Lord Tennyson. His words are a reminder that they are two different animals. Knowledge is a hummingbird. It flits in, makes ...
Wisdom snuck up on me. I wasn’t looking for it. It didn’t announce itself. And, quite frankly, I thought for a long time that knowledge and wisdom were twins. I’ve come to learn they’re cousins. In ...
I recently wondered what Socrates would say if he transcended centuries and, for a final time, had a chance to question the world. I wondered, if he stood in the Pit of our campus, what self-effacing ...
Knowledge is a wonderful thing, but it is only part of the equation. You may know that a tomato is a fruit, but true wisdom is understanding that it doesn’t belong in a fruit salad. Knowledge is ...
Wisdom fluctuates. New longitudinal evidence suggests wise reasoning is a trainable toolkit —not a trait — and repeated ...