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What's the Half-life of Knowledge?
Robert Sheiman, Alum
School of Engineering and Applied Science 1980
College of Physicians and Surgeons 1985


As a freshman I was told by one of my professors at SEAS: "You should only know as much as I've forgotten." Here it is 25-plus years later, and I often say to myself: "I should only know as much as I've forgotten."
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