alt Hacker Newsthat's not knowledge - that's just theory and belief.
you know, like religion.
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SAI_Peregrinus • yesterday at 11:12 PM
No, religion requires faith. Faith is belief without or in direct contradiction of evidence.
that's not knowledge - that's just theory and belief.
you know, like religion.
No, religion requires faith. Faith is belief without or in direct contradiction of evidence.
The word for what you're thinking of is "faith". Theory and belief are the constituents of all consciousness.
Young engineers sometimes fall into this trap - that there is absolute truth, and everything else. It would be nice if true, but it's wildly out of line with reality.
"Believing" something is not the same as having a dogmatic faith in something. We (ideally) change our beliefs with every new piece of input. That's good.