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Scary fact: everything you "know" is based on convincing storytelling. Perhaps reading Gladwell is a good way to be reminded of this, that all knowledge is ten
by 6ren 13y ago
Scary fact: everything you "know" is based on convincing storytelling. Perhaps reading Gladwell is a good way to be reminded of this, that all knowledge is tentative, subject to revision.
(If yours isn't, you're dogmatic, an epistemological fundamentalist! Even logic has completeness/consistency limitations. At least, those are the limitations we know of so far...).
- foobarbazqux 13y agoWhen you say storytelling, I think you're only talking about knowledge by description. Knowledge by acquaintance is equally valid, and is based on direct experience. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_by_description https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_by_description https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_by_acquaintance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_by_acquaintance