How Do You Know Those Things You Know?

There were moments when questions of this activity brought us to really quiet contemplation. Still, once thoughts solidified into words, we found each other agreeing quite a bit. Here are a few things we talked about.

-We believe something to be true when we experience it, patterns emerge, or it becomes testable.

-Otherwise, we believe things to be true by others' accounts or enlist our biases to simplify things.

-Descriptions can provide convincing evidence.

-Popular opinion will not change fact.

-Experts will never get airtime when they agree.

-The facts are unchanging, but our understanding and interpretation is never complete.