What is Wisdom?

Matthew Lawler

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If the entire Dharma can be said in a
few words, then it is — that which is
unfavorable to us, do not do that to
others. - Padmapuraana, shrushti
19/357–358

What is Wisdom? The Golden Rule is ..

 "How about 'shu' [reciprocity]: never
impose on others what you would not
choose for yourself?"
-- Confucius, Analects XV.24
子貢問曰："有一言而可以終身行之者乎"？
子曰："其恕乎！己所不欲、勿施於人。"
Zi gong asked: "Is there any one word that
could guide a person throughout life?"
The Master replied: "How about 'shu'
[reciprocity]: never impose on others what
you would not choose for yourself?"
-- Confucius, Analects XV.24

What is Wisdom? The Golden Rule is ..

Be kind, for everyone you meet is
fighting a hard battle. - Socrates

What is Wisdom? The Golden Rule is ..

Love your neighbour as yourself –
Moses
You shall not take
vengeance or bear a
grudge against your
kinsfolk. Love your
neighbour as yourself:
I am the LORD. -
Leviticus 19:18

What is Wisdom? The Golden Rule is ..

Do to others what you would want
them to do to you. - Luke 6:31

What is Wisdom? The Golden Rule is ..

The unexamined life is not worth living
for a human being. - Socrates

What is Wisdom? Socrates says ..

I know nothing except the fact of my
ignorance. - Socrates

What is Wisdom? Socrates says ..

There is only one good, knowledge,
and one evil, ignorance. - Socrates

What is Wisdom? Socrates says ..

‘I am who I am.’ Moses
God said to Moses, “I
am who I am. This is
what you are to say to
the Israelites: ‘I am
has sent me to you.’” -
Exodus 3:14

What is Wisdom? Who am I?

Cogito ergo sum or I think; therefore I
am. - Rene Descartes

What is Wisdom? Who am I?

I feel; therefore I am. - Jean-Jacques
Rousseau (paraphrased)

What is Wisdom? Who am I?

Never was such a cleverness used in
the design of making us all stupid -
Voltaire
Rousseau sent Voltaire a copy of
his "The Social Contract". "I have
received your new book against
the human race, and thank you
for it. Never was such a
cleverness used in the design of
making us all stupid. One longs,
in reading your book, to walk on
all fours." Voltaire

What is Wisdom? Who am I?

Science is the belief in the ignorance of
the experts. - Richard Feynman

What is Wisdom? Science is ..

"Not even wrong" or "It is not only not
right, it is not even wrong," - Wolfgang
Pauli

or "Das ist nicht nur nicht

richtig, es ist nicht einmal
falsch!"

What is Wisdom? Science is ..

 An expert is a person
who has found out
by his own painful
experience all the
mistakes that one
can make in a very
narrow field. - Niels
Bohr

What is Wisdom? Science is ..

 Well, our friend Dirac, too, has a
religion, and its guiding principle is
"God does not exist and Dirac is His
prophet." - Wolfgang Pauli

What is Wisdom? Science is ..

A proof is a program, the formula it
proves is a type for the program. -
Haskell Curry and William Howard

What is Wisdom? Programming is Maths.

 Don't repeat yourself (DRY) - Andy
Hunt and Dave Thomas

This is "Every piece of knowledge must have a single,

unambiguous, authoritative representation within a
system". Avoid WET solutions which are "write everything
twice" or "we enjoy typing" or "waste everyone's time".

What is Wisdom? Programming is Maths.

Premature optimization is the root
of all evil - Donald Knuth

What is Wisdom? Programming is Maths.

 Make It Work; Make It Right; Make It
Fast - Kent Beck

http://www.cvaieee.org/html/humor/program
ming_history.html
What is Wisdom? Programming is Maths.
 Where is the knowledge we have lost
in information? – TS Eliot
Where is the
wisdom we
have lost in
knowledge?

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