Knowledge creates non-linearities

[k_a_nitz]

From a post by Naval:

Naval: It seems that the nature of knowledge is that it creates non-linearities. So even a single false idea can create false knowledge that overwhelms a truth for quite a while, in a large amount of space.

David Deutsch: Yes.

Naval: So it’s always creative. It’s always conjectural. It’s always contextual, which gives an infinity of improvement ahead of us which keeps life interesting.