ERIN: Just a question. I am not trying to be a pain the ass just trying to
see what you mean.
Let's say someone who believed the world was flat (KNOWLEDGE?) was just
given
some evidence that the world is round (INFORMATION?). Wouldn't INFORMATION
increase the certainty of some knowledge (world is round) while decreasing
the
certainty of other knowledge (world is flat)?
ROG:
Not according to my interpretation (I am assuming you read the evolutionary
epistimology post yesterday-- these definitions above, though consistent, are
actually offshoots of Graham's contributions).
Yesterday I quoted Dr. Heylighen that knowledge is:
"That which allows a control system to select the actions that will make its
survival and replication more likely in a given environment."
The opinion that the word is flat would lead to error. At least some
predictions based upon this would fail. Any social organization (Us vs USSR
let's say) or intellectual pattern that espoused a flat earth would be at a
serious disadvantage... especially when launching satellites.
Rog
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