How do you define knowledge? How do you define knowing? Would you call understanding the mathematical relationship of data, without knowing the underlying physical cause of that data relationship, knowledge?
For this is all we have for our knowledge. We have never had knowledge, only theory(guesses) of why the data is related. The only firm thing we have is the causeless relationship.
Just knowing that the understanding of the relationship of the data, will accomplish our goal, makes knowledge un-necessary. This is what I mean. We can take a non educated person, or a empty computer, and teach(program) them with math equations(rules) and component relationships, and then have them design electronic circuits. These circuits will work extremely well and preform our goals. But neither the person or the computer will have a clue as to what an electron is. Or why the electron moves the way it does....we just know is does. And the circuit will work and do it's job. And we call ourselves geniuses. We cheat, cause just doing the goal is enough, for success. We accept success for knowledge. Then brag about it. This is our methodology.
Our primary error is the same today as it has always been. Putting faith in the wrong thing. Science and math have NO knowledge authority. And because we have no knowledge, it's the only thing we have to use for success. Our ignorance has enslaved us.
Someone once said that trying the same thing over and over without success is insanity. I say it's the only advantage and success man has. Trial and error. Over and over.