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<li>[Knowledge that can only be applied if it is connected to the <a href="/en/root%20(of%20a%20tooth%2C%20hair%2C%20etc.)">root (of a tooth, hair, etc.)</a>, which is <a href="/en/experience">experience</a>.
<img src="https://gyazo.com/dfcd705b2681f21d21a1218043b1345f/thumb/1000" alt="image">
<a href="https://www.slideshare.net/nishio/2017-79797297">https://www.slideshare.net/nishio/2017-79797297</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Tokyo%20Metropolitan%20University%20Special%20Lecture%20on%20Information%20and%20Communication%202017">Tokyo Metropolitan University Special Lecture on Information and Communication 2017</a></li>
<li>I don&#39;t think this is the first time this has come up.</li>
<li>2014 <a href="/en/It%20has%20to%20be%20bottom%20up%20to%20be%20applied.">It has to be bottom up to be applied.</a><ul>
<li>from <a href="/en/Nada%20School%20Saturday%20Lecture%202014">Nada School Saturday Lecture 2014</a></li>
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</li>
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A more detailed parable
 - <a href="/en/The%20Parable%20of%20the%20Floating%20Grass%20and%20the%20Trees">The Parable of the Floating Grass and the Trees</a>
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<li><a href="/en/rootless%20grass">rootless grass</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Knowledge%20of%20Rootless%20Grass">Knowledge of Rootless Grass</a><ul>
<li><a href="/en/Formal%20knowledge%20and%20rootless%20knowledge">Formal knowledge and rootless knowledge</a></li>
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</li>
<li><a href="/en/rootless%20person">rootless person</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/greater%20duckweed%20(Spirodela%20polyrhiza)">greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza)</a>
<a href="/en/It%20is%20not%20knowledge%20that%20can%20be%20applied%20unless%20it%20is%20connected%20to%20experience.">It is not knowledge that can be applied unless it is connected to experience.</a></li>
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2023/8/15
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<li>It was titled &quot;Rootless,&quot; but I always end up referring to it in &quot;Rootless Knowledge,&quot; so I titled it that.</li>
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2025-01-13
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<li>I noticed that there is a word &quot;<a href="/en/top-heavy">top-heavy</a>&quot; in Japanese.</li>
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