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Let me get this straight. What you're saying is that we categorically don't have an examination which tests if someone has acquired new information?
by kelseyfrog 4y ago
Let me get this straight. What you're saying is that we categorically don't have an examination which tests if someone has acquired new information?
- jiocrag 4y agoAFAIK, we have no way of assessing whether “someone” has acquired new information other than that someone demonstrating their knowledge. We can’t MRI “acquisition of information”. So, as per this thought experiment, we have no way of telling if Mary gained new information by “seeing” red when she already “knew” what red was and could interpret it as such. That’s the whole point of the the thought experiment, which clearly went over your head.