The Hierarchy of Knowledge and Wisdom

There is a definite hierarchy knowledge (and wisdom).

• Data element (datum) - something measured
• Data (data set) - data elements organized around one or more measurable dimensions
• Information - an abstraction of a data set, frequently a mathimatically and/or pattern abstraction
• Knowledge - an abstraction of information, frequently a causal pattern
• Wisdom - the ability to understand the consequences of the application of knowledge