Cambridge firm True Knowledge outsmarts tech giant with phone assistant that copes with variety of UK accents.
Her creator, the Cambridge start-up True Knowledge, is adding to the database all the time by scouring Wikipedia, Yellow Pages and other sources.
"I find it very frustrating that someone of that stature would not really have true knowledge of the numbers he is actually quoting on things, " Zelt told us, saying the average wait time for a knee replacement is actually 109 days, and a hip replacement is 91 days.
It turns out that what's true of our knowledge is also true of our mindset.
In my opinion after 20 years of researching MBA programs a EMBA is the only way to go for true usable knowledge.
But I brought on some of the stress, and health issues, myself, because at that time I still believed something no longer true: that knowledge is power.
For Pythagoras, true happiness came from knowledge, in particular from the order and harmony of maths.
Intuitive thinking is the ability to take what you may sense or perceive to be true and, without knowledge or evidence, appropriately factor it in to the final decision.
That can be true, especially with their knowledge and creativity, which can supplement physical resources.
Mixers and syrups were made in secret by these two men, and the drink recipes did not allow knowledge of the true ingredients.
It is also true that Alibaba has intimate knowledge of pricing a hot IPO too high and then living for years with burned investors.
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Analogously, students may resort to pattern matching and memorization as they reach the upper levels of learning because they lack the foundational knowledge needed for true understanding.
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In fact a bank with a leverage ratio of infinity run by individuals with god-like knowledge of the true risks of lending would be safer than a bank run by mortals whose leverage ratio is tiny.
Renowned surgeon Atul Gawande argues that the true frontier of medicine is not knowledge, but execution that healthcare providers fail not at knowing what to do, but at doing what they know.
So while huge differences in productivity exist in many occupations, this is especially true for those involving the application of knowledge.
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Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this return, including accompanying schedules and statements, and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct and complete.
No doubt all of the above is potentially true, but can it be assumed that better knowledge of calculus or any subject taught in school will advance us economically?
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One who has always been there, deeply steeped into the cocktail world that holds true integrity, and steadfast character who reminds us that knowledge is king, and bars are supposed to be fun.
So the knowledge was there, sitting at the back of my mind, waiting to come true, when the doctor told me.
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