infinite_ass@leminal.space to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoHow do you tell whether I experienced it or only read about it?message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down18
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-squareHow do you tell whether I experienced it or only read about it?infinite_ass@leminal.space to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoAre you talking about someone who’s deliberately claiming to have experienced something they only read about, or someone who’s genuinely uncertain of their own memories?
minus-squareinfinite_ass@leminal.spaceOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 days agoI’m talking about any statement about reality. All by itself. With no knowledge about the person who said it. I think that the guy who saw it and the guy who heard it tenth-hand get equal weight, because we have no way of telling the difference. So maybe we should have a way to tell the difference.
Are you talking about someone who’s deliberately claiming to have experienced something they only read about, or someone who’s genuinely uncertain of their own memories?
I’m talking about any statement about reality. All by itself. With no knowledge about the person who said it.
I think that the guy who saw it and the guy who heard it tenth-hand get equal weight, because we have no way of telling the difference.
So maybe we should have a way to tell the difference.