# Knowledge Depends on Asking Better Questions by Sarah Demers > "But our limitations in terms of generating new knowledge are as much about asking the right questions as they are about more efficiently solving established and well-framed puzzles." > **— Sarah Demers**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [Any Questions?](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26184) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Sarah Demers; the linked page contains the complete response and quoted passage. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] - **Article:** [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] - **Article:** [[articles/Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s|Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Information Architecture|Information Architecture]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/AI for Science|AI for Science]] - [[wiki/Scientific Machine Learning|Scientific Machine Learning]] - [[wiki/Causal Learning|Causal Learning]] - [[wiki/Ontology Learning|Ontology Learning]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "But our limitations in terms of generating new knowledge are as much about asking the right questions as they are about more efficiently solving established and well-framed puzzles." — Sarah Demers, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-sarah-demers-knowledge-depends-asking-better-questions ```