"A balance between shared and personal knowledge is extremely important in the quest for truth" (Blog post 3)

what does it mean?

The reason why a balance between shared knowledge and personal knowledge is crucial is because personal knowledge throughout time develops into shared knowledge and from that particular shared knowledge comes the chance for interpretation and the creation of new knowledge, which is personal in the very beginning and if spread again repeating the cycle and becoming shared knowledge. It is almost as if both knowledges contribute towards one another and are in a cycle of contributing towards one another making it a balance of knowledge.
     If too much knowledge was personal then we would never hear about these knowledges or point of views on a particular subject in the beginning and knowledge would be lost or not used at all. If  too much knowledge was shared then people would become sluggish and lazy to question knowledge in the beginning and the creation of new knowledge would be scarce due to all knowledge being shared. An example of personal knowledge to shared knowledge would be all those law's and theory's and elements named after people because those people personally found this new knowledge and shared it to the whole world to obtain this knowledge. Can you imagine what would have happened if Isaac newton never shared any of his information on gravity?