Interesting.
I cannot feel the same (as far as I can understand) you do, Moose -
Regardless who is speaking, I (since some-time before this very moment)
tend to ignore the attribution of knowledge.
I'm tempted to self-explain why this is so for me. I know why, but never
wrote it down systematically. I could, but it would be valid for me
only. I'm not planning to write an autobiography, not yet ;-)
Just an example: a few minutes ago I read a sentence attributed to lord
Kelvin, written in Spanish (I will not translate it to English, that
would add more 'noise'): "Suelo decir, con frecuencia, que cuando se
puede medir aquello de que se habla y expresarlo en números, se sabe
algo sobre ello; pero nuestro saber es deficiente e insatisfactorio,
mientras no somos capaces de expresarlo en números; podemos estar en el
comienzo del conocimiento, pero nuestros conceptos apenas habrán habrán
avanzado en el camino de la 'ciencia', y esto cualquiera sea la materia
de que se trate".
I can clearly hear the value this statement has for lord Kelvin.
Then, it might be my own problem to asses how much value it has for me.
This puts lord Kelvin in a place of 'subject of supposed knowledge'. I
will explore his sentence, mostly in an unconscious way, and may be
somehow convinced and somehow not. And I will take care not to argue
lord Kelvin 'ad hominem'.
Wow, I've written too much English today ;-)
Fernando.
Moose wrote:
> Another in an occasional series of objections to the attribution of
> knowledge, experience and opinions of another onto me.
>
>
> But put in the way you so often do, as some
> universal experience, when so clearly some of it isn't, and you just
> piss me off, so I can't hear the value in what you say.
>
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