It has been said, “Not everything that is learned is contained in books.” Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?
I believe that knowledge gained from book is more important. While we can experience the event without our will, we need will power to read and learn from books. By reading, we will experience again and again, and complete learning.
Recent the neuroscience study have shown the relation between memory and age. In part of this study, they proved that we don’t memorize precisely what we experienced. Memory does not need to be truth, because we memorize the events to reproduce or survive. The importance of truth is secondary. We memorize the events as patterns not as truth.
We cannot gain new knowledge from knowledge, just confirm what we experienced. Even if you gain new knowledge from books, we need to confirm throughout experience. So, how can we learn? I believe that we experience something and learn by heart as pattern, and also we need to practice the pattern again and again to complete learning.
For example, if read the books describe heartbreak in the story. you can understand how character feel pain to get over it. But without our experience of heartbreak, this feeling is almost fake. Conversely, if we have experienced the same kind of heartbreak, the story from the book would impress you much harder.
By reading books, we can strengthen this pattern. By reading the same kind of story, you feel same feeling. You can develop your character If we read the same story, we feel much harder.
That’s why I believe reading books is more important than just experience the event. So why don’t we reading books to enhance the experience what we face in our life?