Knowledge originates in information that can be received directly from observations
or indirectly from reports of observations. These observations may be
external (objects or events) or internal (thoughts and feelings) (Scheffler, 1965,
p. 137). Information feeds the mind and , like food for the body, it must be
digested and assimilated. Thinking is the process by which these things can be
accomplished (Newman , 1852, p. 134). Information that is simply stored in
memory remains only information , the lowest , least useful form of knowledge .