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Would talking more about what we don't know be more useful than talking about what we supposedly do?

Orias

Left Hand Path
By acknowledging internally what we don't know, and preventing ourselves from speaking assuredly about things we don't know.

It's easy to identify something I don't know, for me, of course. I can look around my room right now and begin identifying immediate things I don't know, which is just a spring board for more things I don't know. By identifying exactly what it is I don't know about something, I can now begin to address it.

Ok, so if we don't know something then how can we describe it?

And describing things you know around this object you don't know doesn't count! :D
 

Ozzie

Well-Known Member
Agreed. But isn't that what other people are so useful for? To alert us to things we might not know. And especially to those things we don't know well enough to even recognize that we don't know much about them.
I add, understanding anything forcibly involves other people.
 

dust1n

Zindīq
Ok, so if we don't know something then how can we describe it?

And describing things you know around this object you don't know doesn't count! :D

Hm? We wouldn't describe something we don't. We describe what knowledge we lack about some unknown.
 

dust1n

Zindīq
In this case, it means talking about both what we know and what we don't know is more useful than only talking about either.

I would agree with that, but I have yet to encounter someone who talks too much about what they don't know, and the too little about what they supposedly do know.
 

Orias

Left Hand Path
Hm? We wouldn't describe something we don't. We describe what knowledge we lack about some unknown.

Ok, but then would we really be without knowledge of whatever we are talking about? :D (concerning your last sentence)
 
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