1/ Slide 7 from a lecture at PSU.
"Differentiate between opinion—which everyone has—and informed knowledge, which comes from sustained experience, study, and practice."
"Sustained experience" isn't knowledge. People can be, & are often, wrong about what they're experiencing.
"Differentiate between opinion—which everyone has—and informed knowledge, which comes from sustained experience, study, and practice."
"Sustained experience" isn't knowledge. People can be, & are often, wrong about what they're experiencing.
2/ When two people have a different "sustained experience," what do you do? How do you determine whose experience is correct? You must defer to something objective and verifiable, *outside* yourself.
This is how you acquire knowledge.
This is how you acquire knowledge.
3/ It doesn't matter whether something is convincing to YOU. In order to support a claim you must appeal to shared objective reality. Personal testimony doesn't cut it. It is still anecdotal.
4/ Link to slides: docs.google.com/presentation/d…
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
