Knowing the truth about the truth might be termed the 'problem of knowing'.
I mean we pay the 'experts' to know on our behalf and pass the information on in such a way that we can absorb it. Don't we? How passive we are, sorry for that presumption, how passive I am.
But reports on the wandering womb, the dangers of masturbation, relative racial brain size, cold fusion, food safety, weapons of mass destruction, the death of the author, suggest that it’s a hit and miss sort of strategy for getting an accurate handle on the world.
In truth, most of us manage a practical existence knowing very little and trusting a lot.
For instance, you are travelling under the English Channel in a car from Dover in England to Calais in France.
It’s not necessary for the people in those almost surreal circumstances on a plane heading to Australia to know that the planet is roughly spherical, so long as the designers of the plane’s navigation system do.
Or how do we impart the
knowingness of how to ride a bicycle, you may 'know' yourself but you can't impart it.
I mean we pay the 'experts' to know on our behalf and pass the information on in such a way that we can absorb it. Don't we? How passive we are, sorry for that presumption, how passive I am.
But reports on the wandering womb, the dangers of masturbation, relative racial brain size, cold fusion, food safety, weapons of mass destruction, the death of the author, suggest that it’s a hit and miss sort of strategy for getting an accurate handle on the world.
In truth, most of us manage a practical existence knowing very little and trusting a lot.
For instance, you are travelling under the English Channel in a car from Dover in England to Calais in France.
It’s not necessary for the people in those almost surreal circumstances on a plane heading to Australia to know that the planet is roughly spherical, so long as the designers of the plane’s navigation system do.
Or how do we impart the
knowingness of how to ride a bicycle, you may 'know' yourself but you can't impart it.
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