As information technology ,specially the smartphone ,rapidly develops ,people are overwhelmed by all sorts of information.As a result ,"smartphone addict " can be seen anywhere--during meetings ,lectures ,and gatherings ,in the most cases ,such as driving ,they can cause disasters .
Well ,do people need to inundated wtih such information ? We should remind ourselves that information does not equate to knowledge .Scattered information and fragmented reading not only can not form anything useful in our minds but can rather actually interfere with our thinking ,result in so-called "information overload ." Basically ,information can be transformed into knowledge only when it's processed for a certain purpose featuring with a structure . In other words , when integrated into an individual system ,knowledge functions as a part of holistic effect .
The core of a system is the stucture which determines it nature and functions .Diamond and graphite ,for example ,are both made solely of carbons .However ,their different arrangements of carbonnaceous atoms result in the hardest and softest substances in the world .The same principle applies to our perceptual and knowledge systems ,where the same amount of information may cause different effects. In a way ,we may say "knowledge is power "--but information is not .
So-called "prediction " or "knowing the rest by analogy " is generaled essentially by systematic analysis .(example ). In physics ,many basic particles are found by way of repeated experiments based on systematical theory ,thus bridging the gap between the subjective and objective worlds . In searching on of the most misteries mordern astrophysics --Dark matter --the same law applies .
The transformation of "information " into "knowledge " requires ability . Information can be beneficial to our mental development only if it has been effectively screeened ,catogorized and stored .Blindly "recieving " information ,on the other hand, will put us into a passive position where creativity can hardly be innitiated .
To be precise ,a human 's intelligence therefore doesnot depend on how much information he or she has been exposed to ;rather ,it is the ability to process information into personal constructive knowledge that 's counts .
