# Wisdom Cannot Be Unzipped

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## Metadata
- Author: [[lesswrong.com]]
- Full Title: Wisdom Cannot Be Unzipped
- Category: #articles
- URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zHBMY273suDnMqNLq/wisdom-cannot-be-unzipped

## Highlights
- And the truth is that compressed knowledge can’t really be transferred at all. Words can describe experiences, but they cannot truly convey them, not the way they were originally experienced. They can’t contain the qualia, the subjective interpretation of an experience that happened in reality. They can reference it - they can wax poetic about the emotions of the experiences, or outline the failures suffered and lessons learned - but that’s it.