In response to my homily, part of which made a distinction between knowledge and wisdom, a parishioner have me a great phrase which will undoubtedly appear in a future homily: “Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting a tomato in a fruit salad.” Nice.
A world of information, expert advice, and knowledge all sit at our fingertips. With all that available to us via a simple query or the use of artificial intelligence such as Chat GPT, we should have plenty of answers to our questions. But will the answers carry wisdom? I can find a world of knowledge about bees and bee stings with a few keystrokes. Wisdom lies much deeper than our quick keystroke answers. Knowledge understands bee stings, but wisdom does not disturb the hive. Continue reading
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