Knowledge And Knowledge: The Irrelevance Of Knowledge

Applying information we gather on a day-to-day basis is the solemn purpose of knowledge itself. The applicability of skills on different areas of knowledge allows humanity to progress in order to evolve and fundamentally understand the complex world that surrounds us. As humans constantly stress the importance of knowledge, we are encouraged to use the knowledge we have acquired in order to create something completely new or to develop any previous inventions, which help society progress. It is evident that crucial information held by specialists on different areas such as the Natural Sciences and Mathematics have been applied and have allowed humanity to positively develop in many different ways, which is the ultimate objective of knowledge

Without a doubt, if knowledge is not applicable, it could be irrelevant in certain aspects. However, discarding knowledge that doesn’t appear to be applicable is a remarkable mistake as any sort of understanding holds importance as it can expand valuable perceptions. For instance, Latin American immigration waves towards the United States have been a major cause for the loss of spoken Spanish. Many Hispanics claim that the irrelevance of Spanish in a country that communicates through English has been the main reason for the abandoning of the language. Once the immigrants assimilate and have children, some decide not to teach them their first language. However many high-ranking studies have persistently demonstrated that the knowledge of a language is beneficial for an individual as it allows them to visualize notions in different perspectives. A study led by Lera Boroditsky, a professor in Stanford University (2011) indicated that Spanish-English and Hebrew-Arabic bilinguals change the way they see the world depending on what language they speak. Something as fundamental as whom you like and not like was discovered to depend on the language in which you are asked. For example, when Hebrew-Arabic bilinguals were asked in both languages if they had either positive or negative connotations of typical Jewish names, they surprisingly had different answers when asked in Hebrew than when they were asked in Arabic. The Arabic-Hebrew bilinguals showed more positive implicit attitudes toward Jews when tested in Hebrew. However, this can also be due to interracial conflicts, which are mutually exclusive from linguistic characteristics. Overall, even though certain knowledge might not hold any interactive applicability, its value is still prominent due to its secondary