03-19-2020, 08:00 AM
(03-17-2020, 07:22 PM)TheNomad Wrote:There are other ways to gain knowledge than personal experience. This is why humans have been writing stuff down for, well, a few years now, to pass knowledge on. Sure some sources are better than others (see Encyclopedia Britannica vs National Enquirer), but the concept that you can only gain knowledge from personal experience is wrong.(03-17-2020, 06:00 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(03-17-2020, 03:47 PM)TheNomad Wrote: Do you know one person with the Virus? If not, how is it you came to the conclusion
He probably checked against reality. I know this seems like a radical idea...
My sister reacted to a summary of the site. "Your token conservative has his head in the sand."
If the person has not dealt personally with the outbreak or contagion, if they have not personally been informed by what is happening, you're saying it is "reality" when they preach ABOUT it.
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"But there's a difference between error and dishonesty, and it's not a trivial difference." - Ben Greenman
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"Relax, it'll be all right, and by that I mean it will first get worse."
"How was I supposed to know that there'd be consequences for my actions?" - Gina Linetti