Knowledge from books vs. knowledge from experience

We can’t definitely say which knowledge - if that from books or that one gained from experience – is more important. Both are important. We can’t live only with one type of knowledge. One type of knowledge can’t exist without the other. The academic knowledge needs the practical knowledge to be complete and more complex and as well the practical knowledge needs the academic knowledge.

The best to try to solve this dilemma is to use concrete situations. First situation is school or our academic and professional life. In this case, knowledge gained from books and studying is usually more important, especially when we have an intellectual profession in office. Our practical skills are important, too, but usually we need to be knowledgeable about the stuff in theoretical way.

The second situation is everyday life; out of work, school and our professional career. In cases of this type is knowledge gained from experience more important and useful. It’s quite impossible to learn how to catch a taxi or bus from books, as well as how to shop, clean your house, etc. Practical knowledge is inevitable also for the people whose job is more practical – as carpenter, builder, driver, and so forth. But also for sportsmen and artists, where the talent is needed but sometimes practice is even more important. It’s crazy to learn singing, dancing or cycling from the book or other similar source.

I am not sure, if there is someone who can answer this question clearly. However, it’s not so important to have one opinion about the stuff as it’s impossible to circumvent one type of knowledge as we live in the society of 21^st century and attend schools and meet different people -  so we automatically learn from books and other sources of academic information as well as practical skills. And that’s the best way.