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Knowledge Is Not a Thing

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While this neighborhood is a cool place to hang out, it’s not the best place for us to get down with science. So let’s transport these guys over to our research lab, where we have built two rooms that await their entry. One will be assigned to Room A for the duration of this experiment, while the other will be assigned to Room B. Shortly, the doors in front of them will open, and our friends will spend the next day in their respective rooms (don’t worry, there are bathrooms and lots of delicious food from Whole Foods in there too — we’re going to take good care of them). As they wait to enter, they notice that there are signs posted on each of the respective doors as well. On the door to Room A, there is a sign that lists eight topics of interest that will be addressed in this experiment: On the door to Room B, there is just one topic of interest that is listed, but it is the topic that its inhabitant happens to be the most interested in of them all: And at that moment, the doors swing

Knowledge Is Not a Thing Archive ↓ Best Posts All Posts Recent Posts Newsletter Book Courses ↓ Thinking In Stories The Examined Writer Reflections Knowledge Is Not a Thing By Lawrence Yeo We’re going to kick things off here with a nice mental exercise. Say hello to our two friends, who will be the test subjects for our thought experiment: While this neighborhood is a cool place to hang out, it’s not the best place for us to get down with science. So let’s transport these guys over to our research lab, where we have built two rooms that await their entry. One will be assigned to Room A for the

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