There's a big difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something

# There's a big difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something From Richard Feynman [Richard Feynman on Twitter: “There’s a big difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something. 🧠 https://t.co/nPpHo4574P”](https://twitter.com/proffeynman/status/1229106254473125889?s=12) ## Related [[Being mystifying is a way to hedge]]  [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/There's+a+big+difference+between+knowing+the+name+of+something+and+knowing+something) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/There's+a+big+difference+between+knowing+the+name+of+something+and+knowing+something)