halspero

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by halspero 10y ago
Well, certainty isn't available whatever the facts! So it's not relevant here. There's no contradiction between fallibilism and asserting that some scientific explanation is true. This study doesn't assert anything apart
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by halspero 10y ago
No no. That's only a 'possible' explanation. In articles such as these you'll find plenty of 'may'-s, 'might'-s, 'can'-s and 'further research'-s. The vagueness and intellectual co
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by halspero 10y ago
Will I live longer, or not? Are hot peppers good for my health, or not? Is the mechanism known, or not? Are they recommended by experts, or not?
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by halspero 10y ago
Hear. Hear. Such habits are only bad if they are used as a means to avoid important problems. Attend to those problems! Then the habit will continue or die away according to its merits.
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by halspero 10y ago
Here is James Burke on this topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeROEoimj7I And here's Primitive Technology man: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA (Should we leave his vi
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by halspero 10y ago
"I know it with I see it". Yes indeed. One has to interact with a person to know that he knows stuff.
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by halspero 10y ago
There are whoppers out there capable of resetting civilisation. Do we have to have a small city destroyed before we design and build the technology to avert all future impacts?
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by halspero 10y ago
Well physical quantities like length, time can be measured. Also fungible goods like wheat, oil. But knowledge is differentiated, non-homogenous and subject-specific. So it isn't measurable. Memorised facts like spellings, historical d
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by halspero 10y ago
Problem is that knowledge can't be measured because it's not a list of contents that can be checked off. Deep knowledge in one area is by its nature integrated with other areas. Thus exams and testing make as much sense as ranki
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by halspero 10y ago
Agreed. The process is spontaneous and natural. But it can be and usually is damaged, that is confined to smaller and smaller areas of one's life or worldview.
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by halspero 10y ago
Check out the FBI file: https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/fbi... The sheer amount of black ink, rubric, marginalia, stampage, redaction, etc, is a reminder of how deeply dysfunctional (and e
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by halspero 10y ago
Presumably this happens because the stressful situation or memory repeatedly activates the attention system thereby priming it towards the stressor and making it hard to address any other memory.