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[-] rumba@lemmy.zip -4 points 1 week ago

They "know" their kids through the lense of their experience. So they've experienced more therefore they feel they know more.

They're making educated guesses outcomes. That's not knowing.

[-] easily3667@lemmus.org 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We're all making educated guesses including about ourselves.

It doesn't really matter if you think you know yourself, external behaviors do.

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

You're not wrong

[-] exasperation@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

They're making educated guesses outcomes. That's not knowing.

Oh shit do we need a crash course in epistemology here

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

No but it sounds like you could use one I'm coming decency.

Honestly that was uncalled for.

[-] exasperation@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

It was a light hearted joke about the definition of "knowledge," which is notoriously slippery.

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