an_onanist

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[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I live in Pennsylvania and by law they don't begin counting mail-in ballots until after polls close so I don't know where the numbers are coming from

 
[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Are you seriously suggesting putting up a lawn sign is communal engagement? Is a t-shirt with a slogan social discourse?

[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Your comment reinforces the point I am making - people are easily swayed by the inconsequential

 
[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

Wish they were more specific about the Special Purpose.

[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

No I'm not. I am not interested in academic study. I am interested in real world application. I am aware of justified true belief and that most people don't apply it. My curiosity is in how people acnually think about the concept.

[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

That is like the home owner's application of the scientific method: test the hypothesis until you decide it is a pretty solid system

[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Your description makes belief sound like willful ignorance.

It sounds like the real challenge is knowing when you have enough information to convert your educated guess into full-blown knowledge

[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What about the ideas that can be neither confirmed nor denied like the existence of extraterrestrial life or a machine of 100% efficiency?

[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

What if you should have some doubt (belief) but due to ignorance or hubris do not and so you elevate a concept to 'knowledge' that should not rightfully be there? I'm not trying to be argumentative, I'm genuinely curious about that gray area of misplaced confidence.

[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So, if we haven't studied the underlying axioms or foundation of a conclusion, we cannot have knowledge of it? That seems to imply the only things we have knowledge of are the things we have invested significant time and energy into. It's that correct?

[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

If so much is contextual, is there no knowledge based on truth or fact?

[–] an_onanist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So the stronger the feeling of identifying with a concept, the stronger the belief that it is true?

 

I'm not interested in what the dictionary says or a textbook definition I'm interested in your personal distinction between the two ideas. How do you decide to put an idea in one category versus the other? I'm not interested in the abstract concepts like 'objective truth' I want to know how it works in real life for you.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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