Editing Tacit knowledge (section)

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'''Tacit knowledge''' or '''implicit knowledge''' is [[knowledge]] that is difficult to extract or articulate—as opposed to [[conceptualize]]d, [[Logic translation|formalized]], codified, or [[explicit knowledge]]—and is therefore more difficult to convey to others through verbalization or writing. Examples of this include individual [[wisdom]], [[personal experience|experience]], [[insight]], [[motor skill]], and [[intuition]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tacit and Explicit Knowledge {{!}} Key Concepts in Information and Knowledge Management |url=https://www.tlu.ee/~sirvir/Information%20and%20Knowledge%20Management/Key_Concepts_of_IKM/tacit_and_explicit_knowledge.html |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=www.tlu.ee}}</ref> An example of "explicit" information that can be recorded, conveyed, and understood by the recipient is the knowledge that London is in the United Kingdom. Speaking a language, riding a bicycle, kneading dough, playing an instrument, or designing and operating sophisticated machinery, on the other hand, all require a variety of knowledge that is difficult or impossible to [[knowledge transfer|transfer]] to other people and is not always known "explicitly," even by skilled practitioners.