92. "In any academic area or professional field, it is just as important to recognize the limits of our knowledge and understanding as it is to acquire new facts and information." 0 {, {7 k. R4 w9 `/ B) w
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在任何学术或者职业领域中,承认我们知识和理解的不足与获取新的知识同等重要。
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1. On the one hand, the speaker’s assertion accords with the everyday experience of working professionals. 4 Q& x0 F* Q" x) f
2. Moreover, additional knowledge we gain by collecting more information often diminishes—sometimes to the point where marginal gains turn to marginal losses.
5 J) C/ ~8 \0 w3 I2 v! h, T3. On the other hand, the speaker’s assertion seems self-contradictory, for how can we know the limits of our knowledge until we’ve thoroughly tested those limits through exhaustive empirical observation—that is, by acquiring facts and information. ; o' G9 K% Z8 j& R6 R$ V$ l6 I
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117. "The depth of knowledge to be gained from books is richer and broader than what can be learned from direct experience."
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Knowledge gained from books is broader but not necessarily richer than what can be learned from direct experience. 9 `$ ~+ `, ~( {% u) v% R& J; D+ T
1. Systematically arranged, knowledge gained from books, the results of countless other people’s direct experiences, is broader than what one can learn from his or her direct experience.
t- y9 m- g1 t2. However, direct experience, though limited by time and space, provides on with an opportunity to gain a more accurate and vivid understanding of a matter. ! B# h8 b# N+ h% l% V' `* |
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122. "We owe almost all our knowledge not to people who have agreed, but to people who have disagreed."
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我们所掌握的知识差不多都是源于持不同意见者而非意见相同者。 " H* k7 ] r' n" y: x
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统一和分歧之知识
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