When I haven’t eaten a handful of mushrooms.
When does "what you know" become realer than "what you see"?
Submitted 11 months ago by dope@lemm.ee to [deleted]
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Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
What if you’ve only eaten half a handful?
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is actually trickier. At least when you’re tripping balls you know it. In between, get a second opinion.
dope@lemm.ee 11 months ago
A dubious assertion.
SparkyTemper@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
It’s becoming more common now that news videos contain edited video. We shouldn’t have to worry about it but we do.
dope@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Your so called “video” is clearly just a bunch of dots on a screen.
reeen@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Right, but sometimes the dots are recordings of real people and sometimes it’s a screen recording from Arma III
fluke@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What I know is that there isn’t a microscopic teapot between earth and the sun.
redballooon@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Sure thing. That’s because the teapot should be in the cuiper belt, right?
fluke@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Exactly.
GreyShuck@feddit.uk 11 months ago
I would say when you are aware that what you see may be subject to illusion or deception.
dope@lemm.ee 11 months ago
The test for that is generally “does what I see contradict what I know?”. In which case the argument is already over.
mayoi@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
When you live to experience “majority rule”. Would recommend to avoid.
dope@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I’m inclined to agree.
Nemo@midwest.social 11 months ago
About fifteen years ago.
HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 11 months ago
when you feel like it, i suppose
Grizzly_Biscuit@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Empirical VS anecdotal evidence.
dope@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Yes lovely terms. But when (in the case of contradiction) does anecdotal take precedence (or authoritarian, well documented etc anecdotal even)?
Grizzly_Biscuit@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Oh…to be honest I think I read the prompt backwards. As a rule of thumb, anecdotes should always be taken with a grain of salt when presented with contradictory empirical evidence.
Stopwatch8200@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
My critical thinking professor told an anecdote:
“This is a pen; how do we know? Because it does everything that a pen does. And that’s good enough for now, but when the pen gets up and starts talking, it’s time to reevaluate whether it’s still a pen.”
I think that applies here too. We are the sum of our experiences and education is a part of that experience, eventually we have enough knowledge in a particular subject and a concept for gaining new knowledge. So, to a certain extent it never happens, we should always be asking questions.