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I speak from firsthand observation and discussion. You speak from prepared news products delivered remotely by strangers. Grasp the epistemological difference

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• jacquesm 5y ago
  I'll take the words of those particular strangers over yours, after all, you are also a stranger, and an anonymous one at that.
  • swayvil 5y ago
    You miss my point. I offer that firsthand observation makes for better knowledge than secondhand.
    • da_chicken 5y ago
      Wouldn't that entirely depend on the quality of observation? I live in a state with a lot of flooding. I've personally witnessed several floods in the past 30 years, including those described as 100 year and 500 year flood levels. I've never seen anyone die in a flood, and nobody died due to flood waters in the two events above. Should I then conclude that flood waters, though very damaging to property, are safe?
      • swayvil 5y ago
        It would constitute strong evidence for that.