Is it true that human knowledge is doubling at an accelerated rate?

Yes, apparently so.


Here's a link:


http://www.androidtech.com/knowledge-blo鈥?/a>Is it true that human knowledge is doubling at an accelerated rate?
There have been certain periods of time when knowledge aquisition by humans has increased. Certain inventions have certainly spurred this on.


For ex.:





Greek educational schools


Latin as a common overarching language in europe


Printing Press


University and Collegial systems


The InternetIs it true that human knowledge is doubling at an accelerated rate?
No, it is not so much doubling as growing at a exponential rate. Not so much as 1.0X 10^2, as 1.0X 10^5
It might be helpful to delineate which human's knowledge is doubling. Claiming credit for all human knowledge is something that I don't do. I have but the tiniest fraction of human knowledge that is available.
Even if it it doubled at a constant rate, you'd still have exponential growth due to compounding.





My guess is that this is the case.....we aren't any smarter or hard-working than in the past, we just have the luck of building on cumulative knowledge.